Re: MySQL / Perl / Apache

[Robert Citek <rwcitek@alum.calberkeley.org>]

On Monday, Jun 7, 2004, at 14:48 US/Central, hcrouch@mchsi.com wrote:
> Now I'm confused again.  I assumed that hosting automatically meant a 
> shell
> account.  If a customer doesn't have a shell account, how does he 
> maintain his
> database, cgi scripts and html files?
>
> Is FTP access different from shell access?

Yes.  You can have FTP access without shell access.  In fact, you can 
easily maintain cgi/html files without using a shell by using FTP or 
WebDAV.  And you can maintain your files and the DB with a secure web 
interface, e.g. webmin.

But I don't blame you for wanting shell access.

Regards,
- Robert


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