An FTP address looks similar to a Web address, except that it uses the prefix, “ftp” instead of ”http.” The standard for naming your VPS2 FTP site is ftp.your_company.com. If your domain name is registered through us, your FTP address is in this standard format.

The FTP directory is like a filing cabinet. You own the cabinet and decide how to organize the files inside of it. You control which files will be available to the public (anonymous users) and which will be restricted (accessed only by ftp privileged users) by configuring directories and an access file.

For security purposes, root does not have FTP access. If you are using the root login, you can connect using SFTP, which uses SSH to connect. Your Administrative User privileges allow you access only to your /home/adminuser directory. If you need ftp access higher up in the file system, you must create a user with the higher directory as its home directory. However, we strongly recommend against it, since ftp is not secure.

This chapter contains information about the following:

In this chapter you will be editing files. All instructions in this chapter are given as if you have connected to your VPS2 using SSH, and are at the command prompt. After typing any UNIX command, press the Enter key.

If you prefer to work in a graphical interface, you can edit files using iManager. See “File Manager” for more information.

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