File Manager - Overview
The File Manager allows you to manage and modify files and directories located on your web storage. Using the file manager, you can upload files to your server, modify the folder structure, or set permissions for files and directories.
The file manager is divided into two areas. The left pane lists the folder structure as a tree menu, starting at the root of your web space (when logged in as admin). In the upper right area, a series of buttons for general file operations, such as upload, create dir, and create file. Below this you can see a listing of all folders and files that are present the current directory. 
File Manager - Summary of Features
Creating Directories and Files
Creating a Directory
Click create dir and enter the desired name for the new folder. Then, click Create.
<br/>Creating a File
Click on the button create file and enter the desired file name including extension. Then, click Create.
Info: The extension defines the type of file. It consists of a period and one or more letters (eg .txt for text files).
Renaming / Deleting files and directories
These actions are available in the context menu of the file manager. To reach them, right-click the folder or file and select the appropriate option.
Editing Files
You can edit a file by right-clicking it and selecting Edit. The contents of the file are then being displayed in the file manager editor window. Make the desired changes and confirm them by clicking Update.
Uploading Files
To upload new files to your web space, click on the button upload and select the desired file. Please note that files that you load into your www directory are immediately available online, unless you applied restricted permissions or directory protection.
Downloading Files
You can download a file from your web space by right-clicking it and selecting Download.
Changing permissions
To update access options for an existing file or folder, right-click the item and then click on Permissions. A table with the permission options for this file then opens. Mark the boxes as desired.
- read - read access to the file (required to display such a file in the browser)
- write - write access to the file (necessary to change or delete the file)
- execute - allows an user to execute the file or open a directory
- owner - user who created the file (usually the main user: yourdomain_tld)
- group - group which the file belongs to
- world - all other users - this group must be set for publicly available documents
By default, files have the permissions rw-r-r (644), therefore only the user logged in when the file was created may change the file, other users can only read it. Directories are created with the permissions set to rwxr-xr-x ( 755 ) by default. This directory can then only be read and executed (opened) by visitors, but not modified. Only the user can also make changes to the directory.
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