Guides tagged “file transfer”
Step-by-step MdmHost guides about file transfer, sorted A-Z.
10 guides
Connect to cPanel hosting with FileZilla (FTPS and SFTP)
Set up FileZilla for your cPanel hosting with encrypted FTP over TLS or SFTP, save the site in Site Manager, upload a website and fix common connection errors.
Copy and paste through Remote Desktop (and fix the clipboard)
Turn on clipboard redirection, restart rdpclip when copy and paste stops working, and know when to transfer files another way.
Copy large files to a Remote Desktop server without failures
Clipboard copy of big files over RDP is slow and fails without warning. Use drive redirection with robocopy, SFTP or a cloud link instead, and resume transfers that stop.
Create and manage FTP accounts in cPanel
Create extra FTP accounts in cPanel, limit each one to a folder and quota, change passwords, and find the correct FTP server, username and port.
Create and manage FTP accounts in Plesk
Create additional FTP accounts in Plesk, restrict them to a folder, connect with FileZilla over FTPS or SFTP and fix common connection and permission errors.
Create FTP accounts in DirectAdmin and connect with FileZilla
Create FTP users in DirectAdmin limited to a domain or custom folder, connect with FileZilla over FTPS, and solve login, passive mode and permission problems.
FTP vs SFTP vs FTPS explained: which file transfer method should you use?
The differences between plain FTP, FTPS and SFTP, which ports and logins each uses on cPanel hosting, how they compare to File Manager and Web Disk, and which is safest.
Set up cPanel Web Disk to map your hosting as a network drive
Create Web Disk accounts in cPanel and connect them on Windows, macOS, Linux or mobile so your website files open like a normal drive or folder over secure WebDAV.
Share local drives with your server over Remote Desktop
Make your PC's drives or a single folder appear inside your Remote Desktop session through drive redirection and \\tsclient, with notes on speed and security.
Transfer files to a Windows server (RDP and SFTP)
Copy files to and from your server with the RDP clipboard, a redirected local drive or SFTP, and know which to use for which job.
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