craiganderson Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Hello, My folder was erased/delated from the FTP. I know that sometime folders are accidentally dropped in neighboring folders so I looked around but was unable to find it. It might be in there somewhere....I don't know. Either way, it takes a long time to organize and upload things to the FTP so it is kind of disappointing that it is all gone. Not the end of the world or anything...but still a little disappointing. And I know that I am not the first person who has lost their FTP stuff.... I request that download links be permitted to be placed in threads and that way we can avoid losing stuff on the ftp. Nobody can erase stuff from my mediafire/dropbox account. just a thought it would make life easier for everybody thanks craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougan78 Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 I would like users to have a ftp folder by default with just them and the ops with delete perms. This way it cant happen. Maybe pole has a backup on his sync. I put your folder from 8/2 in my ftp if you want to move stuff over go for it. It is uploading now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougan78 Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Will be a bit. 1gb+ of data 1500+ files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiganderson Posted September 27, 2014 Author Share Posted September 27, 2014 Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougan78 Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Thanks. No prob. It is ready to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiganderson Posted September 27, 2014 Author Share Posted September 27, 2014 Still would rather do download links Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiganderson Posted September 27, 2014 Author Share Posted September 27, 2014 I have your folder downloaded from 9/12. Anything you need me to put in there just let me know. the whole thing? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiganderson Posted September 27, 2014 Author Share Posted September 27, 2014 i really appreciate it i hate to cost you any money by going over your upload/download limits etc thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougan78 Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 No worries here. I am cap free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiganderson Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 thank you very much but it looks like you put a copy of my emumovies ftp folder into the hyperspin ftp you dont happen to have a copy of my hyperspin ftp do you? thanks either way craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THK Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 The links should be discussed among the mods. The main reason to ban links is stuff no being hosted on the community storage so when the creator vanishes and link stops working the material is gone for good. But I personally would be open to links as long as the material is in the downloads section and/or ftp as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiganderson Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 The links should be discussed among the mods. The main reason to ban links is stuff no being hosted on the community storage so when the creator vanishes and link stops working the material is gone for good. But I personally would be open to links as long as the material is in the downloads section and/or ftp as well. I prefer not having to upload to both the ftp and to a link site (mediafire etc) as my upload/download is capped each month (or I pay more). I think I am going to avoid the ftp from now on (because I do not want to have to deal with things being erased accidentally) and just put download links on my personal page. Of course I would rather just put them in posts/threads as well as is done on every other forum that I have ever been to ........ but of course only if permitted. thanks craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougan78 Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Still vote for no delete perms on user folders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_Loving Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Still vote for no delete perms on user folders. I do not want to make this issue any more confusing. But if it is not possible to have both "permission to delete" folders AND "permission NOT to delete" folders all within the same main folder. Then perhaps a remedy could be to have two (2) tiers of folders on the FTP. Tier 1 folder, would be for gold members, and Tier 1 folder would have "permission to delete" folders. Tier 2 folder, would be for platinum members, and Tier 2 folder would have "permission NOT to delete" folders. It would make your folders more secure, an added benefit of being a platinum member. Anyhow, all this non-sense wouldn't be needed if there can be both types of permissions within the same folder. Also, if people are more careful on the FTP, it wouldn't be an issue in the 1st place. I'd like to commend the people who make backups and Craig for his hard work that he shares with the community here on hyperspin-fe. Cheers, KL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiganderson Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 I would also like to thank the folks for backing up my stuff....thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THK Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 I personally suggested the permissions ideas already in a thread discussing this very point. To no avail unfortunately. I have no clue who is exactly running the ftp btw or if it's gonna remain in it's current state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THK Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 He is just lucky that he had some good stuff that made me want to download his folder =P I know there's at least one person backing the ftp up for personal usage. If I had the bandwidth and storage space I would consider it as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polemicist Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 The FTP is always backed up on my rig. Been a few weeks thanks for reminding me. Unlike other people I do not delete so if you rename a folder/file or you delete a folder/file my archive will have both which is kinda annoying but meh I have the bandwidth and the space. In some cases I will manually go through a user folder that was pretty large and make sure that what I have is matching their current folder. THK is definitely an FTP user as his folder is the largest single folder on the server. I also have no clue who is running the FTP server but a no delete option would be better for the user but pretty crappy for the admin as they would get all the delete requests and have to do it manually. Rain did have an idea before of putting a front end over the top of it but that may have been dropped as an option as well. This is a pretty large user base so does make it difficult. I do see screwup's by users on the FTP and I do correct them from time to time. Anyone suggest a good non destructive FTP Mirror software? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THK Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 THK is definitely an FTP user as his folder is the largest single folder on the server. I should really go though this and clean house I suppose I also have no clue who is running the FTP server but a no delete option would be better for the user but pretty crappy for the admin as they would get all the delete requests and have to do it manually.This is a pretty large user base so does make it difficult. I do see screwups by users on the FTP and I do correct them from time to time. My suggestion at the time was ppl being able to just have a folder with their account name with full rights and read only for everything outside it. But I have no clue how viable that option really is. My experience stops at setting up a static ip and filezilla home server a few times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floatingyeti Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 we should all keep a backup of our own ftp folders. its not hard to do. When people request that I re-upload something I always have it prepared and ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brolly Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Permissions have been suggested before, problem is the current FTP Server software being used is very limited and don't support it. Back then I suggested Rain using a proper one like Gene6 where setting up something like this would be very simple, but he told me it would be impossible to integrate with the current databases which I never understood why nor did he explain it to me. So in a nutshell I don't think a permission based system is going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougan78 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 So listen to floatingyeti. And thanks for the info brolly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THK Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I agree, always keep a backup of your own folder or at least the contents. Unfortunately there's always gonna be people on hiatus or gone for good. Fortunately we have guys like Polemicist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapig Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Don't put off today that which will fail tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumpstile Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I thought the FTP was backed up and that if someone other than the person who's folder it is deleted something it would automatically be put back. Wasn't that set up at one time? - J* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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