[TYPO3-linux] Virtual shared hosting and TYPO3: Companion programs

[Franz Holzinger]

Hello Dimitri,

> 
> Now, as far as users without shell access are concerned - shell access
> is not a requirement to use any of the above. 

However if the provider did not set the access rights for the FTP user
that he can remove folders and files written by the Apache then a shell
access will be necessary. Only with shell access the user can change the
owners of his folders and files. Or a cron job must do that automatically.
E.g. it is necessary that the user can delete the temp_CACHED_* files in
his folder typo3conf. Due to an error in TYPO3 it can happen that the
TYPO3 backend gets unusable and the homepage is gone. In such a case
these temp files must be deleted manually by the user.
This is important to know when you choose a provider.

- Franz