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  1. ipet

    ipet Member

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    Okay, laugh away:confused: then help, please.

    I have a virtual dedicated server and clueless on setup. I would like to learn to do a few things and not pay someone else, but it is overwheling so far.

    So I have 2 easy questions.

    1. How do I access files outside of public_html? I know, I know, but like php.ini, for example. In cPanel those directories don't show in file manager, nor when I connect via ftp. How do I get to them?? It should be painfully obvios but...

    2. Every doc tells me to change something, then run a command. Like:
    but I don't know how, or where to "run" that command. Can someone tell me, as if I were a 5 year-old?:D

    Thanks to anyone for taking the time to enlighten me.

    Lena
     
    #1 ipet, Aug 29, 2006
  2. NightStorm

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    Oh.. I feel sympathy for you for even using a Plesk command. You poor poor soul.
    For the most part, the easiest way to do the things you are asking is through SSH. It's a terminal interface for logging into your server. PuTTy is really the simplest one to use, and it's even free.
    Another option is to use a web interface that is set up to handle file editing and has some built-in features... for example, I have Webmin set up on my cPanel (and *sigh* yes, my Plesk trashbox too) for quick access to various server commands that don't warrent logging into SSH for.
     
    #2 NightStorm, Aug 30, 2006
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    1. Access the files outside of public_html can be done via FTP if you login using ssh access, (Check the settings for the connections. You can use CoreFTP or as stated above use a ssh program like puTTy, or contact Chirpy and have get his File Manager Console then you can use a browser to access via the files like file manager.

    2. Those run commands are done via a shell connection with ssh program like puTTy.

    I would be very careful running command that you do not know what the outcome will be.
     
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    #3 rhenderson, Aug 31, 2006
  4. ipet

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    Thanks!

    Wow, thanks.

    While I did connect with SSH I couldn't figure out how to get to the directory. So I connected via ftp and downloaded the php.ini.

    But when I try and upload it I can not, it continues to ask to overwrite, yet it will not. I can not delete the original php.ini either.

    How can I get that replaced?
     
    #4 ipet, Sep 1, 2006
  5. ipet

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    This is becoming more and more frustrating.

    So I couldn't overwrite my php.ini via ftp, why?

    So I connected via putty and opend the file using vi, I figured out to replce the max upload and pressed esc, then :wq to write and quit. Got an error saying I had read only. Why, and how to change that? Anyway, tyed :!wq as prompted and got another error saying "couldn't open the file"???

    Any suggestions on getting this taken care of? Can it really be so difficult?

    Thanks again,

    Lena
     
    #5 ipet, Sep 1, 2006
  6. ipet

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    nothing?

    93 views and nothing, it is harder than I though to change permissions on it!
     
    #6 ipet, Sep 1, 2006
  7. dalem

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    open a ssh window as root user or su to root
     
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    #7 dalem, Sep 1, 2006
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    mctDarren Well-Known Member

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    Most likely you are trying to write to the file when you dont have permission to do so. Are you logged in as root user?
     
    #8 mctDarren, Sep 2, 2006
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