I installed Joomla after I mucked up the one that came with jumpbox (it didn't like the joompack backup component). Anyways I can't get the ftp layer to work. Yeah I know its because jumpbox don't support ftp. How does the packaged joomla deal with that or is the FTP layer turned off? If so how do you install components? Thanks for any help inadvance.
Joomla ftp layer
There is no FTP server installed on the JumpBox so unless it provides its OWN FTP server, then you would have to install and configure an FTP server on the JumpBox to interact with this.
Since one can enable SSH and SFTP and access the Joomla source directory (in /var/data/joomla15/) as the admin user, I don't know why connecting with FTP would be any better than connecting with SFTP.
Unless you are certain you need FTP for some reason, I would look at enabling SFTP and connecting to the JumpBox as an admin user with something like FileZilla.
I have just updated the FTP FAQ with a little more information:
http://www.jumpbox.com/archives/247_can-you-access-a-jumpbox-via-ftp.html
If you have some real need for FTP I would like to know what it is.
Austin
Joomla FTP layer
Thanks very much for coming back to me.
Joomla uses an ftp layer to install components locally. Joomla does not support sftp. This is not *me* trying to access the directory structure of Joomla on the server but Joomla itself using ftp to manage permissions to enable it to install software ie a process installing software.
You usually configure the ftp account settings on Joomla install or can access them in global config in back end. I believe the use of an ftp layer in such a way is very common these days.