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Web accessible directory

Feb 27th, 2008

Hello,
I just signed up with a free hosting provider. When I login through ftp I go to my root directory which is web accessible. So where do I hide the files that I don't want to be accessed through the web? Such as database connection files, user uploaded files, etc. Are all hosting services the same? Or do some of them give access to directories that are not web accessible? This first I am trying put an actual website up so I would appreciate any help. Thanks.

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Feb 28th, 2008

Can you provide some more details on the hardware setup such as server type (Apache, IIS, Tomcat) supported technologies PHP, ASP, JSP type of database etc. Just to provide you with relevant info not to give general data

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