On Sep 23, 2006, at 17:26, Doug McNutt wrote:
I am reluctant to edit a file on a server without checking out the
results of my editing before committing them.
As am I. When I can, I work locally using an installed copy of
Apache, etc., then once I'm satisfied with my efforts, I upload
everything using rsync, if it's available, or Interarchy. I also
maintain versioned backups so that I can easily revert things if
necessary.
Unfortunately, it's not always possible to test without running on
the actual server, especially when working on dynamic sites within
the context of sessions. It might be because I don't have the same
tools available (e.g., ColdFusion or ASP), or maybe a required
database only permits local access and can't be duplicated locally,
or some secondary script is accessed that restricts access by caller
IP - whatever. There are ways to keep yourself safe in these cases,
too, but working on remote files is involved in most of the easier
methods.
Yes. I did the same thing with Interarchy, or was it Anarchie, on
OS Classic. I still do and this OS 9.1 machine remains my preferred
GUI. When Interarchy decided to require Apple's keychain I
defaulted to version 5.0,1 which still allowed me to include
username and password in my bookmarks.
I could be wrong on this, and I'm sure Peter will follow up with you
if I am, but I think even the current version of Interarchy will
still honor the password stored within bookmarks; the change was that
it would no longer put them there for you. However, if you open with
BBEdit the bookmark file for the particular bookmark in which you're
interested--you'll find it somewhere in the Interarchy folder in ~/
Library/Preferences/--you can add in the password and Interarchy will
use it. Just use the usual URL format that includes the login
information:
ftp://username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
I was recently frustrated by an inability to send, via ftp, an APPL
file to a low-end-mac user. Good old Interarchy 5.1 handled it
nicely by creating a *.bin MacBinary file on the fly, but. . . I
had to run it on this Mac 8500 running OS 9.1.
Ah, but this could be a problem even if the password isn't. I believe
MacBinary encoding was just recently removed from Interarchy as part
of an anti-bloat effort, or perhaps it's slated for a future version....
scp is a better overall solution. I look forward to opening up my
firewall and using VNC.
If only all the shared web hosts we have to deal with would support
scp and friends. Especially with Windows-oriented hosts, we're often
left with nothing more than basic FTP. And of course, those hosts who
don't support modern options always cite "security concerns" as the
reason - at which point we tell the client to run, but they usually
ignore us because the price is so much cheaper than the prices of the
hosts we actually recommend (i.e., those that have a clue). <sigh>
Regards,
Bob
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