{"id":26,"date":"2016-01-12T15:51:47","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T15:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp-p3d2tsa2xh.pairsite.com\/?p=26"},"modified":"2023-08-04T12:14:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T16:14:40","slug":"our-file-directory-structure","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/our-file-directory-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"Our File Directory Structure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/shared-hosting\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">Shared<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/vps\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">VPS<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/qs-dedicated\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px; font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">Dedicated<\/p><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shared, VPS, Dedicated, and WP Professional packages allow access to the server's files. These files are stored in file directories. You can find an overview of each directory below<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the directories described in this article can be accessed via the <a href=\"https:\/\/my.pair.com\/\">Account Control Center<\/a>'s <strong>File Management<\/strong> section. However, many directories are package specific, so your server's directories may not include all directories listed here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit these articles to learn how to connect to your Pair Networks account:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kb.pair.com\/a7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uploading Files Using FTP<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kb.pair.com\/a9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connecting with SSH<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Home Directory\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Home<\/em> directory is the starting point for your account. The path to the <em>Home<\/em> directory is <em>\/<\/em>usr<em>\/home\/USERNAME<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This directory is where FTP, SSH programs, and the Account Control Center (ACC) <strong>File Manager<\/strong> will start you. When you log into your account, you will be in your <em>Home<\/em> directory. From your <em>Home<\/em> directory, you may see the following directories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#backup\">backup<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#log_config\">log_config<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#www_logs\">www_logs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#public_html\">public_html<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#public_ssl\">public_ssl<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#public_ftp\">public_ftp<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#boxes\">boxes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"backup\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Backup Directory (backup)\u00a0<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>backup<\/em> directory uses the path<em> \/usr\/home\/USERNAME\/backup<\/em>. This directory contains any backups that are generated through the ACC, such as MySQL database backups or website backups done through the archive manager.<br><a name=\"log_config\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Web Report Configuration Directory (log_config)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/about-your-account-web-stats-webalizer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Webalizer<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/about-your-account-web-stats-analog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Analog<\/a>, the optional <em>log_config&nbsp;<\/em>directory contains the configuration files for your account. The path is <em>\/usr\/home\/USERNAME\/log_config<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you do not have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/about-your-account-web-stats-webalizer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Webalizer<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/about-your-account-web-stats-analog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Analog<\/a> set up, you will not see this directory.<br><a name=\"www_logs\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Web Log Directory (www_logs)\u00a0<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>www_logs<\/em> directory contains the logs of the traffic to your website. Its path is <em>\/usr\/home\/USERNAME\/www_logs<\/em>.<br><a name=\"public_html\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Public HTML Directory (public_html)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>public_html<\/em>&nbsp;directory is actually a symbolic link (symlink) to your <a href=\"#web\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Web<\/em> directory<\/a>, which is where you store the files you want to be viewable on the internet. The path is <em>\/usr\/home\/USERNAME\/public_html<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A further description of your <em>Web<\/em> directory is provided in the <a href=\"#web\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Web Directory section<\/a>.<br><a name=\"public_ssl\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Public SSL Directory (public_ssl)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The optional&nbsp;<em>public_ssl<\/em> directory is also a symbolic link to your <a href=\"#web\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Web directory,<\/a> but it uses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/our-network-and-servers-secure-server-ssl-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SSL<\/a> to transfer files to your <a href=\"#web\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Web directory<\/a>. Its path is <em>\/<\/em>usr<em>\/home\/USERNAME\/public_ssl<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you do not have any SSL certificates on your account, you will not see this directory.<br><a name=\"public_ftp\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Public FTP Directory (public_ftp)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The optional&nbsp;<em>public_ftp<\/em>&nbsp;directory is a symbolic link to <em>\/usr\/public_ftp\/USERNAME<\/em>, which contains your anonymous FTP area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/anonymous-ftp-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virtual FTP must be enabled via the ACC<\/a> on one or more of your domain names to see and use this directory.<br><a name=\"boxes\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mailboxes (boxes)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>For Dedicated, VPS, and accounts created <strong>before<\/strong> to June 1, 2011, we include a symbolic link in your <em>Home<\/em> directory called \"boxes\" that points to <em>\/usr\/boxes\/USERNAME<\/em>. This directory is where all the email for your virtual mailboxes is stored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accounts created<strong> after<\/strong> June 1, 2011, must access all email using IMAP or POP, and do not have direct file access to mailbox files.<br><a name=\"web\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Web Directory<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Web directory contains any files that the user wants to make available online. All domain names in your account will be mapped to a directory, or subdirectory, under this main <em>Web<\/em> directory. The Web directory's path is <em>\/usr\/www\/users\/USERNAME<\/em>.<br><a name=\"ssl\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SSL Web Directory<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This directory contains any <em>Web<\/em> files that you want to have available through an SSL connection. This directory will only be visible and available for your account if you have SSL certificates installed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The path to this directory is <em>\/usr\/wwws\/users\/USERNAME<\/em>.<br><a name=\"email\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Email Directories<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The inboxes for any of your Pair Networks mailboxes use this path: <em>\/usr\/boxes\/main_USERNAME\/domain\/mailbox_USERNAME<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Replace the following snippets from the file path:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">main_USERNAME<\/span><\/i><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pair Networks' username<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">domain<\/span><\/i><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">full domain name and extension (example.com)<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mailbox_USERNAME<\/span><\/i><\/td><td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">username for the mailbox<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The IMAP folder files are located under: <em>\/usr\/boxes\/main_USERNAME\/domain\/mailbox_USERNAME^\/.imap\/<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The files are named the same as the folders. When attempting to access your IMAP folder files using this path, be sure to include the caret symbol (\"^\") after your \"<em>mailbox_USERNAME<\/em>.\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shared, VPS, Dedicated, and WP Professional packages allow access to the server&#8217;s files. These files are stored in file directories. You can find an overview of each directory below Many of the directories described in this article can be accessed via the Account Control Center&#8217;s File Management section. 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