Subject
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Folder structure in hosting management of linux server.

Description
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Understanding the folder structure will enable you to manage your disk space and mails effectively.The following procedure helps you to understand the folder structure in hosting management.

Required Information
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Your website's hosting control panel username and password.

Procedure
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1] Log on to your FTP.

[ ! Notes ]
You must have a FTP client such as ws_ftp or cute ftp.

[2] You will find the following folders such as "public_ftp", "public_html", "www", "mail", "tmp", "etc".

[3] public_ftp - This folder contains your Anonymous FTP files within "incoming" folder.

[4] public_html - This folder contains your website files.

[5] www - This folder also contains your website files same as public_html folder.

[6] mail - This folder contains your mails. Each mail is stored in different folders.

[7] tmp - This folder contains your stats software files such as analog, weblizer etc.

[ * Tips ]
Each Folder has certain default rights assigned to it. For example : read, write, execute.
Avoid attempting to change rights to root folders such as public_html.
It is a good method to segregate the files that need rights tweaking to be grouped under one folder. Then that folder can be given rights as a whole.
You might get some serious errors if an attempt is made to change default rights of system files or folders. It should always be avoided