At 18:15 -0700 3/18/08, Jonathan Schwartz wrote: >However, I am referring to ...and let's use an extreme example...a clients >windows-based system. I can't install or download any new software. > >What can I do to access my webserver and edit a php file?
You are dealing with security issues that are not trivial. I can, and occasionally do, use an ssh login to my web host. There I can use VI but yeecchh.! Why isn't BBEdit available for Linux or free BSD so I could edit in an X11 window that way? It's also possible with ssh or even ftp to download a file and edit it with - shhh MSWORD --- It takes some effort but WORD can store a simple text file ready to upload. Some mail clients - Eudora - can do it too. There is a module called cgiwrap (sourceforge) which can be used on the web host and it will allow, with some safety, changes of userid while logged in as a web user. With a bit of scripting you can create a web page that will display a file as text in an html form. The browser will let you edit the text and "submit' it. I believe there are examples on a cgiwrap web page. Your web hosting service may already offer it I have done it on a very small scale which involves only a few expected changes which wouldn't really hurt if attacked by a nasty. For a php script which is otherwise usable for anyone who accesses the site I would worry a whole lot. -- --> From the U S of A, the only socialist country that refuses to admit it. <-- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Have a feature request? Not sure the software's working correctly? If so, please send mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not to the list. List FAQ: <http://www.barebones.com/support/lists/bbedit_talk.shtml> List archives: <http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditTalk.lasso> To unsubscribe, send mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
