Installation Manual

Step 5 - FTP Configuration
Due to file system permission and PHP Safe Mode restrictions on certain Linux based server hosts, a facility
has been introduced in Joomla! 1.5 that will allow all authorised Users to utilize the various Joomla!
Installation & upload processes available within the Control Panel. These include the Media Manager as well
as the Installation Manager. The FTP layer exists to handle file system manipulation.
Step 5 – The FTP Configuration Screen
Enter the FTP username and password established during the preparatory section of this guide. This should
only have access to the Joomla! root directory, this will be the FTP Account that handles all file system
operations when Joomla! requires FTP access to complete a task.
Warning! For security reasons, it is best if a separate FTP User Account is created with access only to the
Joomla! installation and not the whole Web server if this option is available to you.
It is not generally necessary to worry about the FTP Configuration page for a localhost installation of Joomla!
, although the exception to this might be on a local network.
Note: The settings for the FTP Configuration can be entered, or edited after installation, within the Global
Configuration screen in the Control Panel->Site menu or through the Quick Icon on the Control Panel
workspace.
Note: We will detail some of the common problems and solutions in the Error Handling section at the back of
this manual rather than blur the picture at this stage.
Caution: It is important to note that if you run more than one Web site on your server that the pathway to the
root directory will change for each site – the other four settings will not necessarily have, or on shared
hosting likely be able, to change.
Once you have completed the required information, as necessary or, if you do not require the FTP
Configuration to be entered, click Next.
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