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Hi Art & Alisa,
You need access to a command line shell on your
webserver. With shell access you can run command line programs that exist
on the server such as htpasswd. Think of shell access as being
able to open up a DOS prompt or Unix shell window on the server.
Remote shell access means you can interact with the this shell
window from a different computer without having to sit in front of the
server. Telnet is the common example of remote shell access.
(Un)fortunately, It is rarely available because it is insecure. There are
alternatives such as ssh, which provides (and actually stands for) secure shell
access. There are some good free secure shell clients on the
net.
WS_FTP is primarily a file transfer program.
You may use it to transfer files to and from the server. The command line
mode of WS_FTP only means running WS_FTP to do stuff quietly without
bringing up the main window. E.g. the following command line
...
wsftppro -s local:c:\webdev\index.html -d
MyWebSite:/htmlroot/index.html
... will start WS_FTP, upload the file index.html
to a directory on an FTP server, and then exit, without showing the
window. It is not related to accessing the command line of the
server.
I hope you continue to find WS_FTP useful for your
site maintenance, once you get your website up and running.
--Claude Edwards
--WS_FTP Dev Team
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- Claude Edwards
