OK. I’ve spent the better part of a decade thinking CuteFTP was showing me all the files on my server. I mean, I want to ftp into my site, see my site, modify my site and go away happy. Well, I just found out today that CuteFTP has been hiding a bunch of System files. I’m sure it was for my own good.
God damnit! If I wanted to live in a communist country I’d move to Cuba. I don’t want other people telling me what is best for me.
It makes me so freakin’ mad. I could have saved most of this morning and really who knows how many other hours over the past several years if this wasn’t the policy. Or at the very least, CuteFTP could have been kind enough to tell me that it was hiding files on me.
Fortunately, this site saved me:
All My FAQs Wiki: Password protect
Here’s the excerpt from their site:
“tried uploading .htaccess with CuteFTP but now I can’t see the file on the server.
For CuteFTP 4.0 from the site manager, select the profile you’re working with and click edit.
Under the General Tab, check Enable filter from the Filter (Masks) at the
bottom of the options.
Click the Filter button.
Check the box for Enable remote filters (Server Applied filter)
The text box labeled Remote Filter is not enabled. Type -a in the box.
Click ok, and ok again and close the site manager.
You should be able to see and delete the .htaccess and .htpassword files now. ”
That worked like a charm.
Incedentally, I typed in phrases like this to find this site:
cuteftp .htaccess
create a 301 permanent redirect
ftp can’t see .htaccess file
can’t see all files in cuteftp
cuteftp system files
cuteftp hidden files
is cuteftp hiding files?
Hopefully this page will save you a little less time than a decade to figure this out.