OM2 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 I want to give a develop access to a specific directory and nothing else I can give them an FTP account with access to a sub directory, but this doesn't exactly solve the problem! 1. They can write PHP code to access other directories below and have FULL access to *everything*! 2. What if I could solve problem 1 somehow (I have no idea how!), but then I wanted them to have *only* access to a directory but NOT to sub directories contained under that directory? I'd always given developers a sub directory in which to put their code - I'd never actually ever thought that they could access the whole domain! So: how can I make sure they only have access to what I want? Thanks OM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OM2 Posted October 19, 2009 Author Share Posted October 19, 2009 anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAY6390 Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 The way I do it is I use a subdomain in plesk and assign a username/password with that. Then duplicate the site and db (if one exists) and then edit out the majority of unwanted/sensitive stuff. Don't think there is any other solution that will work to be honest Some more information would be required off you in order to get a better understanding such as Operating System this is running on What control panel you are using (cpanel, plesk etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OM2 Posted October 19, 2009 Author Share Posted October 19, 2009 thank u for the reply - much appreciated hmmm... from now on, i'm never going to give sub directory logins! i never thought about it before what i normally do (on other occassions) is register a .info website and get them to develop on that my OS is linux + cpanel let me know if u can suggest anything with regards to this thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAY6390 Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Ah I see. I use cpanel on a reseller account and just put subdomains on that in order to achieve it. If you have a dedveloper you cannot trust then I'd suggest using a more reputable developer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OM2 Posted October 19, 2009 Author Share Posted October 19, 2009 yes, i think i'll start using subdomains from now on developers, trust hasn't really been a problem it's findind good and reliable ones that's my problem i've almost given up - and am considering skilling myself up on php i don't really want to do this - i'd rather concentrate on marketing and selling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAY6390 Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Well you'd need to use completely separate cpanel accounts in order to do it that way (just making a subdomain presents the exact same problem). If you ever need any PHP work doing send me a pm/e-mail sometime and I'm sure I'll be able to work something out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OM2 Posted October 19, 2009 Author Share Posted October 19, 2009 oh... i won't use subdomains then! i'm sending u a pm now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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