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CPanel is a fully featured web-based control
panel that allows you to manage your domain
through a web interface. The idea is to
transfer as much of the control and responsibility
of managing your web site to you. You have
the ability to manage all aspects of e-mail,
files, backup, FTP, CGI scripts, and web
site statistics.
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FTP Manager
The FTP Manager deals with all the tools
relating to setting up and managing FTP
accounts, as well as managing FTP sessions.
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a method
by which you can transfer files between
computers, usually using the Internet. There
is a huge amount of information stored on
FTP servers around the world which can only
be accessed by using FTP. When using FTP
you use an application (i.e. an FTP program)
called a "client" to connect to
a machine called a "server".
There are a large number of FTP software
packages available. Some of them are built
in to your browser (such as Internet Explorer),
others are dedicated applications (such
as such as CuteFTP or WS_FTP), while still
others are built into web applications (File
Manager in this control panel is one example).
Generally speaking, if you are going to
spend a lot of time using FTP or have a
large amount of files to upload/download,
a dedicated FTP client (i.e. CuteFTP or
WS_FTP) is a much easier solution.
The control panel allows you to set up
FTP accounts so that certain external users
can access a restricted part of your hosting
account. You can also set up an anonymous
FTP account so that anyone can access a
restricted part of your system. You can
also manage these FTP sessions, cutting
them off if they go on for too long.
Following is a list of the features available
to you in the FTP Manager:
FTP Accounts: With the FTP account utility
you can control FTP accounts for your users
or if your account has sub domain support
you can add FTP accounts for your sub domain(s).
Anonymous FTP Controls: Here you can change
how anonymous FTP users should be treated
and change the anonymous upload policy as
well.
Anonymous FTP Message: You can edit the
anonymous FTP welcome message that users
will see when they login to your FTP site.
FTP Session Control: This utility allows
you to disconnect users or time out FTP
sessions.
Warning: FTP, by its very nature, allows
external users to modify your web site (albeit
a restricted area of your web site). External
users can upload, download, and delete files.
Keep this in mind when you set up an FTP
account.
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