You run a site off a 56k modem connection??? LOL! I am impressed! :) I will try to catch it when you're online.

Well anything's possible, no matter how insufficient it may be =P. Besides it's not even completely setup yet. I gotta edit forum permissions yet, *rolleyes*.
Yeah, Edwin you're a moderator, you can find my site from there and keep trying it. Eventually you will get lucky =).
But I can't find any relevant text in php.ini that could determine whether CHMOD is on/off. I did glimpse down it, by the way.

Dave.

PS: If you are on MSN/AIM, PM me the addy =D I will contact you and set it up just for you =) =P =D.

I would guess that your using Windows, if your using IIS then there isn't CHMOD, you need to edit the security settings for the files to determin what access ISS has to them and uses browsing the site.

Actually I would like to find out how to do the CHMOD remotely as well. I have it on Red Hat 7.2 w PHP 4.1.2

And Davey e-mail me at brian@[NoSpam!!]networkstoday.com or AIM @ BigCheezeAOC and we can talk about hosting you.

Okay, what is of my forum is open, as of now (4:29pm GMT(0)).
Check it out if you want to, but it's not a pretty site at the moment.
I emailed you BigCheeze.

Dave.

fantastic!!!!

I'm now closing my server for a while, since packet kiddies found out about the DNS address.

Dave.

These packet kiddies...

[high]* Erwin shakes his head... ;)[/high]

That's the only reason I don't like putting up servers of any kind (forums, websites, IRC, etc.), because they ALWAYS find a way of spoiling it.
Sad really, isn't it?

Dave.

I've had this hack installed for a couple of weeks now and been very impressed with it. However, in the last couple of days it's just stopped working with no warning. I've not knowingly changed anything in my server setup, now have I (knowingly) changed any files.

Is there anything that my hosts could have changed to stop it working? They had some downtime for routine maintenance a couple of days ago and it hasn't seemed to work since then. WHat sort of things should I be looking for and asking them?

When I click the vBFTP link in Admin CP all I get is a white background load in the main frame - and nothing else - no errors.

Cheers,
Dave

Perhaps your provider downgraded their PHP version, which might explain the downtime.
That's all I can think of.

Dave.

PS: Try emailing them to ask them if they have the version of PHP required installed.

Davey is right... this hack needs PHP 4.1.2 or higher... It would be strange for your host to downgrade, but it's possible. They might have disabled all the FTP functions in PHP as well... just email and ask them.

Thanks for the info guys ... would disabling of the FTP functions in PHP give rise to these symptoms? I'm just getting a white background in the main frame of Admin CP

I don't know to be honest - never tried it. Ask your host what they changed on the server.

Erwin:

I know this may be a silly question, but I will not loose anything by asking.

Is there a way we can download a whole directory?

I mean... Is great we can upload/download/edit files from work, some from school, or places where we don't have access to an ftp client.... but for example... I have an emergency where I need to backup my public_html folder.... It would be nice to be able to download a full folder...

Can this be done?

DaveRobbo - I had a problem just like that... It had to do with turning on the site compression (The GZIP option under the vBulletin Options in the Admin CP). If it's on, try turnning it off.

Mmm... I will have to recode it... if I have time I will look into it... I'm not sure if it's possible via a browser, but it should be...

Also, I use this hack with GZIP switched on and it works fine for me.

Erwin... this hack isn't the only problem. On my system when I turn on GZip, LOT's of stuff (including the site) get's screwed up in one way or another.

BigCheeze, that means that your host already has ZLIB or GZIP running - you can't compress the info twice. :)

Hmmm.... Wonder how I did that... HAHAHA! I'm my own host :D

Guess I need to go pick up that Red Hat book huh :D

Erwin: It should be possible since it has been done for another forum software... Take your time... Im not rushing anyone to do it... just to let you know it would be a nice idea if it could be included. (By the way... I sent you a PM)

Looks like a nice hack.. I'll have to add this one to my "to-do" list. :)

is there a way a tessing can be added that will allow you to change drives for example i store my haces on another drive and i would like to goto that drive say the board is on drive c: and i wanted to goto drive d:...
thanks
a4

No.

I made it so you cannot point to remote or separate drives or servers, to prevent leeching.

Erwin, is there a way to copy files into the temp directory with this hack so we can edit them and copy them back to the right dir? That would fix the problem of having to chmod everything, wouldn't it?

ok is there a way i can change that just so i can access my other drive...or no way possible.....

Thanks for the quick answer..

A4

No, because once you copy a file to the temp directory, and edit it, you can't copy it back as you cannot replace a directory or file without chmodding it. :)

Oops... sorry, I thought you were asking about my Flash Player hack! :) That's why I was talking about pointing and leeching...

Mmm... changing drives... I don't think so. You may have to just put the vBftp.php file on the separate drive.

The reason I asked is because both EditPlus2 and Total Commander allow me to edit files even when they are not the right chmod. They copy them to a temp dir first, edit them and then copy them back without having to change anything.

ok i will try

Thank you

Really? Are they browser-based FTP PHP programs? I will need to look at the source code to see how they do it. Can you link to them please?

No, they aren't browser based. At least I don't think they are, in the way you mean it. Total Commander (used to be called Windows Commander) is a file manager and EditPlus2 is a programmer's editor. It, like TC, has FTP support built in. TC's site is:

http://www.ghisler.com

and EditPlus2 can be found at:

http://www.editplus.com/

If an FTP program is not browser-based, it is authenticated using normal FTP so you don't need CHMOD.

For a browser-based PHP FTP program to work, you need to chmod. Trust me, I've investigated this. There are ways to avoid it, but it will not be PHP based.

So there's no way to do the temp file thing then, huh? I am kind of worried about doing everything 777 and leaving it that way. I've never had any problems but I have heard horror stories about it. Is is really that dangerous to do it like that? Do you have it set up like that?

I have a temp directory with stuff in it.. Certain files I edit a lot I chmod 777 too. So far I've had no problems.

But how do you copy them back to where they belong when you get done editing them?

I don't. I use it to store certain files. I chmod certain files that I do edit.

[high]* grog6 clicks INSTALL :)[/high]

This hack doesn't go to any lower directory than where the ftp.php is installed.
I have my forums in a forums directory so it stops there and can't go down to my public_html dir