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  1. aphid

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    Hi there,

    Sorry I am a bit green to hosting etc. Hopefully a simple question.

    I have cPanel and want a ftp account that I can store files on and access from remote locations.

    When I set up a ftp account which does everything I need it to. Other than that when i goto mysite.com/myftpdirectory I can publicly see the contents and even download the files.

    Question is, how can I keep these securely hidden so only to be visible via a ftp client such as filezilla or ftponthego?

    Thanks for any help!

    A
     
    #1 aphid, Oct 1, 2010
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    I want a private area on my domain so that I can store files. I don't want people to be able to navigate to those files from there browser which is what is currently happening.

    Thanks

    A
     
    #2 aphid, Oct 1, 2010
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    Create the ftp account, but make the folder to NOT be under public_html. This will restrict the access to the ftp user and file manager access.

    Ron
     
    #3 cpanelinfoseeker, Oct 1, 2010
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    That did it!

    Thanks

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    #4 aphid, Oct 1, 2010
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