Webmin file manager download foder

I requested my client for root access, and after that I followed following steps to fix enable File Manager module:. Login to Webmin, then go to Webmin Tab from right-sidebar. You will see many sections in that tab, scroll down to bottom and you will notice there is an Others section as shown below:. After enabling File Manager module for a particular Webmin user. You can also view the contents of a directory by clicking on it in the tree in the left-hand pane.

Double-clicking will open the directory in the tree, causing any subdirectories under it to appear. Double-clicking again will close it. Whenever you enter a directory using the right-hand pane, it will be opened in the tree on the left as well. Similarly, when the.. It is also possible to jump to any directory on your system by entering its path into the text field above the right-hand directory listing.

Assuming that it actually exists, Webmin will open all parent directories in the tree and displays its contents in the list on the right. To speed up the user interface, the file manager caches the contents of all directories that you view using it. This means that if a file is created, modified or deleted on the server, it will not be reflected in the directory listing until you click the Refresh button on the toolbar.

The contents of any file on your system can be displayed by double-clicking on it in the list in the right-hand pane. A separate browser window will be opened, and the contents of the file displayed within by your browser. Thus, any file type that the browser supports can be viewed using the file manager.

If you want to download a file from your Webmin system to the host that your browser is running on, hold down shift while double-clicking on it instead. The browser should prompt you to save the file instead of opening a window to display its contents. You can also force a download by selecting a file from the right-hand pane and clicking the Save button on the toolbar at the top of the file manager window.

The File Manager module allows you to rename, move and copy files in the just the same way that any other file manager would. To select the file that you want to manipulate, just click on it in the right-hand pane.

To select multiple files, hold down the control key while clicking, or hold down shift to select an entire range. To move files to a different directory, select one or more and click the Cut button on the toolbar. Then navigate to the destination and click the Paste button. If a file with the same name already exists, Webmin will prompt you to rename the pasted file to avoid the clash.

If you choose not to rename, the file in the destination directory with the same name will be overwritten. To copy files, select them in the right-hand pane and click the Copy button. Then go to the directory that you want them to be copied to, and click Paste. As when moving files, you will be prompted to rename any that clash with files that already existing in the destination directory.

Multiple copies of a file can be made by pasting in different directories. To create a copy of a file in the same directory, just select it and hit Copy and Paste , and enter a new filename.

You can delete one or more files and directories by selecting them and clicking the Delete button on the toolbar. Before they are actually removed, a confirmation window listing all chosen files will be displayed. When the Delete button in the window is clicked, all chosen files, directories and their contents will be permanently deleted.

Any suggestions are welcomed. Double panel FM in web browser will take a lot of space and requires complete interface redesign. I try to keep Filemin's interface as compact as possible while keeping usability at max. If you have any ideas of better interface design, then suggestions are welcomed.

I don't think the double-paned design is strictly necessary then again, I don't use the old file manager, at all, so I don't have old habits to break , though it can be nice to have a way to easily navigate the filesystem folders. Like on Gnome, where there's a list of filesystems and user folders on the left in a small pane, and then breadcrumbs up top.

Filemin already has breadcrumbs, so that's covered. I dunno how one might cover the folders thing easily, though, in a way that doesn't take up a lot of space.

It's possible for modules to add items to the left hand menu, but the usual use case for that doesn't fit this situation. Maybe we should look at Dropbox, Google Drive, Amazon Drive, and whatever MIcrosoft's product in this space is called for design ideas.

Surely one of them has solved the problem in a nice way that we could copy without going the old-fashion panes route of old File Manager. But, I agree with you: Given that we already have a left pane for menus, it is clumsy to cram another left pane in there it's clumsy in the current File Manager, too. Hi there, very nice addition. I stumbled into the Java issues just like everybody and tried this one.

I have been using Java File Manager a lot for quick edits and it helps a lot to have such a font Courier, Lucida Console or other so that you can see the proper character alignments.

A donate button somewhere would be attractive for me too ;-. Yeah, quick edits are pretty good, for example quick CSS bugfixes, that's why I've created this feature : If you selecte Authentic theme you'll have monospace font in edit window and even lot more: line numbering, slight syntax highlighting, etc. And with all other themes I'll add css fix shortly :. Rename already defaults to current in version 0. I'll look into making chmod and chown look same like in Java FM.

Currently chmod lacks some features like stycky bits etc. I'll fix that shortly. And I have general issue with "Donate" button: I'm from Kazakhstan and currently PayPal does not provide "Donate" feature for my country, all those bureaucratic things, you know. So maybe there's another way to provide donations if so many people want to contribute :D Maybe I shall try to register another PayPal account through proxy somewhere in America?

I installed the 0. Actually it's the same in master too. Ah yes, man. I presume you're using one of those good old themes like MSC. Linux Theme. And I forgot to add this "default" feature to JS responsible for 'em. It currently works only in Authentic Theme. My mistake, will fix that :. Authentic Theme?

Hmm, i don't see that - it seems i'm using "Virtualmin Framed Theme" which looks really ancient, but works. A few years ago during a virtualmin upgrade somehow the theme got hosed and borked the whole thing, so i'm wary about messing with it don't care if it's ugly, just need it to work! No sign of Authentic :. Do i have to install it? The file manager can be used to search for files or directories on your system that match certain criteria.

This can be useful if you know the name of a file but not the directory it is located in. To search for files, click on Tools in the toolbar, then click 'Search' to bring up the search window.

In the Search query field, enter a search pattern to look for. To access the bookmarks later, click Bookmarks , and you will see the bookmarks you created at the bottom of the menu. File Manager video introduction.

Jump to: navigation , search. Category : Others. Navigation menu Personal tools Log in. Namespaces Page Discussion. Views Read View source View history. It looks modern and has a nice selection of options and tools within it. If you have spent any time on the Linux command line, you will know that folder sizes are always shown as being about 4K. This is because the link to the folder on the hard drive is itself 4K, and this does not represent the amount of data stored within that folder.

To get that info from the command line you have to use other tools , such as du.