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Hello,

You can make use of FTP manager to add the ftp accounts for additional users.  

# Click on the Ftp Manager button in your cPanel control panel
# Click on the FTP Accounts link.
# Click on the Add Account link.
# Enter the name of the FTP account in the Login field and the password for the account in the    Password field.
# Enter the path to the directory to which this FTP account has access.

If you enter the top-level of the web site by entering a slash (/), all users with the correct password will be able to add, edit, and delete all files on your site (public_html). So it is always advisable to limit an FTP account to a smaller section of your web site (i.e to a sub-dir under public_html).

# Click on the Create button.

Also once you sym-link the public directory of a rails app to the public_html, then you can just add / (as the path to the directory to which this FTP account has access)to make this (rails app) public directory accessible to ftp users.

hi,
thanks, but does it have to be a rails app?  can i symliink a regular folder?

ok, got it setup. however, how can i set it up so a folder s contents can be listed?

i found how to turn on the indexing, but i think my rails app thinks i am trying to refer to a controller. the ftp folder is located in the public folder of my rails app.

site.site.com/myfolder/files. id like to list the contents of myfolder. i guess i must change routes?

nevermind, figure it out. it was in the .htaccess.

Hello,

Ok..Do you mean that this sub-domain is taken as a rails app on accessing the URL, though it is not associated with the rails app. If this is the case then we can change the Document Root of the sub-domain to point to the correct path directly to avoid the issue or put in rewrite rules to acheive the same. Either way it will be better to post a ticket to support indicating the issue with relevant domain details.