1&1 File Uploads

[Waggers]

I've just signed up for the Linux 1&1 Professional web hosting package to "play" with Actinic Business.

I'm finding that the 1&1 box blocks my IP address because I'm trying to upload too many simultaneous files - the 1&1 techie suggests I limit the upload to 5 simultaneous files.

Can any kind soul tell me how to change this setting in Actinic?

Richard

[Duncan Rounding]

Don't know - but these setting work for me on 1and1 Linux Bus Pro:

HTTPPROXYMODE 0
HTTPPROXYADDRESS
HTTPPROXYPORT 80
HTTPPROXYUSER
HTTPPROXYPASSWORD
FTPPROXYMODE 0
FTPPROXYADDRESS
FTPPROXYPORT 21
FTPPROXYUSER
FTPPROXYPASSWORD
SCRIPTID 1
SCRIPTEXT .pl
SMTPHOST auth.smtp.oneandone.co.uk
WEBSITEURL http://www.mydomain.co.uk
IGNOREPASSIVEERRORS true
USERELATIVECGIURLS false
PATHTOPERL /usr/bin/perl
USEENHANCEFTP true
FTPCLIENTTIMEOUT 15000
FTPRETRYDELAY 3000
FTPSILENT true
FTPMAXRETRIES 30
FTPCONNECTTIMEOUT 25000
SMTPAUTHREQUIRED false
SMTPUSERNAME ****
SMTPPASSWORD ****
CATALOGURL http://www.mydomain.co.uk/acatalog/
CGIBINURL http://www.mydomain.co.uk/cgi-bin/
PATHFROMCGITOCATALOG ../acatalog/
CODEBASE ./
FTPHOST www.mydomain.co.uk
FTPUSERNAME ****
FTPPASSWORD ****
PATHTOCGIBIN /mydomain/cgi-bin/
USEPASSIVEFTP true
FTPPATHFROMCGITOCATALOG

Also note that I always have to initially manually create a cgi-bin directory and set permissions to 755 using an FTP client on a new site before uploading the first time with Actinic. I presume you ran through the Network Test OK first?

[Waggers]

Many thanks for the info.

Apart from the FTPMAXRETRIES (mine was 3) everything seems the same.

Oh well, back to the 1&1 techies!

Richard

[zmagyar]

I'm finding that the 1&1 box blocks my IP address because I'm trying to upload too many simultaneous files - the 1&1 techie suggests I limit the upload to 5 simultaneous files.

I'm not aware of such a solution in our code. The files are always uploaded sequentially and never simultaneously.

[wjcampbe]

I wonder if he means reduce the number of simultaneous connections using enhanced FTP? I note there is no control within Actinic on the number of connections. The only option appears to be to switch off enhanced FTP, limiting the site to one connection.

[zmagyar]

I note there is no control within Actinic on the number of connections. The only option appears to be to switch off enhanced FTP, limiting the site to one connection.

AFAICT Actinic always uses a single connection. The difference between the default and the enhanced FTP connection is the handling of the connections. Enhanced FTP opens only one connection and upload all the files using that single connection. The old default connection creates a new connection for each file then closes it. But even in this case there are no simultaneous connections. The new connection is only opened when the preious one is already closed.
Therefore I assume something else can be the problem there wich can only be resolved by having detailed description from the hosting company.