Archive for the ‘File Management’ Category

How to compress files in DirectAdmin?

To compress files in DirectAdmin you need to be logged in. After you log in, click File Manager or Files. Once you are in the file manager, select files that you need to compress. Then at the bottom of the page type in archive file name in which selected files will be compressed. After few moments, archived file will appear with compressed files. You also can choose file type between tar.gz and zip.

How to upload files in DirectAdmin?

First of all, login to DirectAdmin and go to File Manager. Navigate to decided directory where you will upload your files. Now click Upload files to current directory and choose files to upload. Remember that DirectAdmin has 10.0 MB file upload limit. Once you selected file that you want to upload click Upload Files button. After upload process will be finished, selected files will be located in the current directory.

How to create new file in DirectAdmin?

Creating new file in DirectAdmin is basically the same as creating new folder. All you need is to login to DirectAdmin and go to File Manager. There you will see Create New File. Simply type in new file name and click Create button. Also, you can select Html template to create new file as a html file.

How to create new folder in DirectAdmin?

To create new folder in DirectAdmin, simply go to File Manager. There in all file manager features, you will see Create New Folder. In the text input field, type in new folder name and click Create button. New folder will be created with it’s name.

How to reset file owner in DirectAdmin?

Reset file owner means you can reset file or directory owner and permissions to default values. You can do this in DirectAdmin File Manager. Once you are there, select appropriate file or directory and click Reset Owner button. After that permissions and user ID with groud ID will be changed to default values.

How to set permissions in DirectAdmin?

In DirectAdmin you can set permissions to files and directories easily. Firstly you need to be logged in. Then go to File Manager or click Files. There you will see file manager with all it’s features. Now to set permission, select decided file or directory and click set Permission button. By default permission value is 755, but you can set another values just by entering permission number instead of 755. Also, there is an option to apply recursive permissions by selecting Recursive checkbox.

How to rename files in DirectAdmin?

To rename files go to your server control panel – DirectAdmin. Once you are logged in, click File Manager or Files. There your files will be listed. Now to get your file renamed, click Rename on decided file. After that simply enter new file name and click Rename. Finally, file will be renamed.

How to copy files in DirectAdmin?

To copy files in DirectAdmin you need to be logged in to your server control panel. Once you are logged in, go to File Manager or click Files. Now choose file which you want to copy and click Copy under Action. In the next window that will appear, you will need to type in file name to copy selected file to. Once it is done, click Copy and file will be copied.

What are the ways to manage my files?

There are several ways that you can use to manage your files in Host1Free.

The first one is through DirectAdmin. Once you are logged in to DirectAdmin, click File Manager and you will access all your files and directories. DirectAdmin have major features for managing files and directories: you can edit, rename, copy, set permissions, upload, create, compress, extract your files.

Second way is through FTP. To access it, use one of FTP client software, for example FileZilla. Login details should be emailed to your email. In general, it is ftp.yourdomain.com or ftp.box_number.host1free.com, username – your DirectAdmin username, password – DirectAdmin password. Once logged in you will also access your files and should be able to use all FTP software features to manage your files.

Third way is by using Host1Plus Web FTP client. There you will need to type in your login details. If they will be correct, you will see your files in web based FTP client. There you will also get all features to manage your files.

How to add password protected directory in DirectAdmin?

To protect any of your directories you can use the option located in the DirectAdmin server control panel Password Protected Directories. Just located the link Password Protected Directories while you are logged in DirectAdmin server control panel.
After click on Find a Directory to Password Protect and choose the directory to protect. When you will decide which directory to protect just click the link Protect.
You will be prompted to enter Protected Directory Prompt, Set/Update User, Password. Do not forget to tick Protection Enabled then Save.