ftp problems please help

[amber19]

i tried to use ftp and allow a friend upload her site--icreated a file in file manager then added her to ftp like lisa@------ but she cant upload her files what am i doing wrong please help thanks amber

[shadmego]

by file do you mean folder? Your friend will need a folder to which she is allowed to upload her files. Something like: /home/youraccount/public_html/lisa should do the trick.

You will also need to give your friend the login details:

site: www.yoursite.com (or ftp.yoursite.com)
user: lisa@yoursite.com <-- the example you used
password: whatever

If this doesn't fix the problem, we will need to know what error your friend is seeing to help work around it.

~regards

[amber19]

do i create folder in file manager and add ftp account for her i tried this but must have done something wrong i never used ftp so it is new to me thank you shadmego .

[shadmego]

First, you create the folder you want your friend to be able to upload to using the FTP account you give her.

yourdomain.com/lisa

would be what you enter in the browser to visit her "site".

If you want her to have her own subdomain of your site, then you will create a subdomain for her to use:

lisa.yourdomain.com

would be the subdomain version of her space on your domain.

The folder structure for either of these options would be:

/home/youraccount/public_html/lisa

Next, you have to recreate the FTP account for your friend, making sure to note the password and entering a "jail" for her, based on the location of your home directory (/home/youraccount). So in the FTP Accounts page, under the Add FTP Account, enter the following information:

Login: <some_name> (@yourdomain.com)
Password: <some_password> (you can optionally have the script generate a random password)
Password again: <some_password>

Directory: (/home/youraccount) <public_html/lisa>
Quota (MB): <##>

Fill in the options between the " <> " tags. Everything else is automatically created/used.

You want to make sure to get the Directory setting correct because that is where your friend will be able to upload when she connects via her FTP account. She will not have access to anything above the "lisa" directory you enter in that field.

Note: Don't forget to include the "public_html/" directory in the path for the Directory field. Otherwise the login will assume a path of "/home/youraccount/lisa" instead of "/home/youraccount/public_html/lisa".

~regards

[amber19]

thanks again shadmego