In this tutorial: View/Close Connections Limit Simultaneous Connections In this tutorial, we will show you how to view and drop idle FTP connections in cPanel and limit your FTP connections in FileZilla. These steps should help fix or avoid the 421 Too many connections error. Create all the FTP accounts you need with one of Read More >
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How to change FTP servers in WHM
There are two different types of FTP server available in your VPS and Dedicated servers. These are ProFTPD and PureFTPD. PureFTPD is the default FTP server that is installed with your server configuration. FTP Server Advantages Disadvantages Notes ProFTPD – Allows use of .ftpaccess files for per-directory access controls. – Supports TCPwrappers based access controls. Read More >
How to increase the FTP visible file limits via command line
When working with files within your hosting account, organization is very important. It is good to have files separated among folders so they are all related to one another. Although there is no upper limit for the number of files that can exist in a folder, there is a limit to the number of files Read More >
Add a FTP site to your Windows favorites
In this article I’ll go over how you can add a FTP site to your Windows favorites so that you can quickly access your website files on the server, much like you would with either WebDav or WebDisk being enabled on the server. Adding a FTP site to Windows favorites Using the steps below I’ll Read More >
View FTP uploads with archived raw logs
In this article I’m going to discuss how you can view the FTP uploads of your various FTP users with the archived raw logs in cPanel. If you have root access to a VPS or dedicated server, you can access logs showing all FTP activity across your accounts. If you are on a shared server, Read More >
Connecting with SCP and SFTP
With the rise of security risks on Websites that process credit cards, some?PCI compliance companies, like Trustwave are requiring FTP to be shut off and a different method of uploading and downloading files be used. In order to accommodate these PCI compliance requirements, you can use SFTP or SCP to copy files from your local Read More >
Resolve FTP EAI_NODATA error
In this article I’m going to review why you might be encountering an EAI_NODATA – No address associated with nodename error?in your FTP client. Sometimes an EAI_NODATA error is also related to either a EHOSTUNREACH error, or an ECONNABORTED error as well. These are common FTP errors that occur when your domain name is not Read More >
How to Connect to your Server via FTP with Notepad++
One way to edit files on your server is to use Notepad++. Notepad++ has a great FTP capability that allows you to edit your files directly on the server. The following will explain the steps on how to edit your files using Notepad++. Note! Notepad++ is only available on Windows. FTP configuration with Notepad++ Open Read More >
Using lftp mirror to copy your website files
In this article I’m going to teach you how to use the lftp mirror command in order to copy your website files from another web host to your VPS (Virtual Private Server) or dedicated server with InMotion Hosting. The Linux lftp command is a sophisticated FTP/HTTP client that is also capable of being able to Read More >
File corruption during ftp transfer ASCII vs. BINARY
Occasionally, issues occur with files becoming corrupt when uploading through FTP. When viewing the corrupted file through the browser, the following error will be thrown. “This image can not be displayed because it contains errors“ This is typically caused by uploading files through FTP as ASCII file transfer type. The “ASCII transfer type” will transfer Read More >