Search for files on your web host!

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by thuankkk, Dec 26, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hi,

    You wanna edit some file on your web, but don't know where it is?

    Now, you can use BossFTP to search for files on your web host! Easily and fast!

    About BossFTP: It's a FTP client running on the web :)

    To search:
    - Visit www.bossftp.com,
    - Enter FTP server, username, password and login,
    - On the line "In this folder", click Search.

    You can search a file by: (a part of) name, type, size, mode, location.

    After searching, you can: chmod, delete, calculate file size, edit, zip, unzip, etc.

    Some search examples:
    - Search for file contains 'header' in folder "/public_html/blog":
    File name: header
    File type: File
    Permission: 0
    Size: 0
    Search in: /public_html/blog

    - Search for file contains 'backup', size <1MB, in /backup/november
    File name: backup
    File type: File
    Permission: 0
    Size: <= 1*1024*1024
    Search in: /backup/november

    - List file .htaccess in /www size 10KB - 50 KB, mode 0644
    File name: .htaccess
    File type: File
    Permission: 0644
    Size: >=10*1024 and <=50*1024
    Search in: /www

    - Search all blank file in root (/)
    File name: blank
    File type: File
    Permission: 0
    Size: == 0
    Search in: blank
    (blank is left it empty)
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    Hope this helpfull
     
    thuankkk, Dec 26, 2008 IP
  2. hans

    hans Well-Known Member

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    that certainly might be a good intention
    BUT
    in today's world of hackers to give away to ANOTHER site user name and pwd of your site is simply suicide.
    modern hosts have SSH access
    and thus using

    locate

    or for binaries
    whereis

    on your own system is the default method

    I would never ftp login again to a site - but since many years only SSH and to upload using rsync - (secure).
    passwords NEVER should go clear language across the web - network sniffers easily can filter all passwords - if ever you had a hacher on your site and know how long it takes to find, clean up and secure ( I had years ago ) - then you'd be more careful
     
    hans, Dec 26, 2008 IP
  3. thuankkk

    thuankkk Active Member

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    Hi,

    Just wanna say that you can use a sub ftp account when using a FTP client (on PC or web)
    http://www.bossftp.com/help.php#sub
     
    thuankkk, Dec 26, 2008 IP