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Help

User Help

• Edit Account Info

  • Directory Permissions
    This section is used to add,modify and delete permissions to directories. The meaning of each letter is listed on the page. Below this list is the list of current directories you have access to or have granted access to along with the permissions granted. "Directory" is the name of the directory, "User" is the name of the account which has been given access to the directory. "Owner" is the name of the account that actually owns the directory. You cannot change permissions or grant access to a directory which you do not own. And finally "Permissions" lists the permissions the user has.

    To add or change permissions, use the drop down menus to chose the username and directory you want to add/modify. Check the boxes to select which permissions you want to grant. Note that if permissions are already set, the check boxes will not default to those settings. You will need to select all permissions you want to grant and not just the ones you want to change.

    To remove a user from a directory, select their account name, the directory and then check delete and hit submit. You can also leave all the permission boxes unchecked and hit submit. This will leave them on the list but they will have no permissions for the directory.

    You cannot delete your home directory (the directory with the same name as your account). If you remove yourself from a directory that you own, the entire directory and all its contents will be deleted and all users will no longer longer have access to that directory if they previously had permissions. You can limit your permissions to your home directory but there's no reason to.

    Do not grant permissions to your home directory. Instead, create a directory and allow users access to that directory.

    Subdirectories created through an FTP client are not the same as directories created through this interface. These directories are additional parent directories which you have access to through links in your home directory. As such there's no way for a user to go up a directory and end up in your home directory. You cannot grant access to subdirectories; only parent directories created through the web-interface.

  • Add Directory
    This section allows you to create additional parent directories which you can then grant access to. To create a directory, simply enter the name of the directory you want and then select which permissions you want to grant yourself. You can leave these blank and change them later. Hit submit. If the directory already exists you will get an error. Hit back on your browser, select a different directory name and try again.

  • Change Password
    To change your password, enter the new password into the box and hit submit. If you forget your password you will need to contact the admin to have it reset. Passwords are encrypted and there is no way to retrieve them.

• File Browser

  At the top is a list of home directories you have access to. Click on a home directory to browse its contents. If the directory has any contents you will see any subdirectories listed first which can be clicked on to change to them and then a list of any files contained in the current directory. All the files will have a checkbox next to them. To send files to another user or multiple users, check the files you want to send then check the names of the users you want to send the files to. Click submit and the files will be sent.

  All files sent will go to the user's home directory in the incomming\yourusername subdirectory. This prevents users from being able to overwrite your files. This is also why you should never grant permissions to your home directory. This could allow users to access files which others have sent you which that user may not be allowed to view.

  You cannot download files through the web-interface. You can only see the listings. You can also not upload files, delete files, add subdirectories or delete subdirectories. All that functionality is left to FTP clients so that permissions are properly handled.