Passwords

[owl921]

[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]Give me some feedback please. I want to develop some domains. I have the domains hosted at 1&1 hosting. If I give the project to a developer to create some mini sites, what hosting account information does this person need from me to get started? Do they need login account passwords and such?
I know this is a very elementary question if you know what you are doing, but obviously I know not much. I have no experience making websites. I'm just a domainer trying to figure it all out. I don't want to give out more info than I need to.

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[Tia Wood]

Sometimes the control panel allows sub-accounts for this purpose such as FTP (not sure about 1&1). But most of the time, I need the main admin username/password for the hosting account. Not domain name account. They should never need to access your domain name account.

You can always change your hosting account password after the work is complete.

 

[draggar]

With 1&1 if you host with them you can set up a separate FTP account for the developers and give them access to only the folders you want them to have access to.

I've seen some developers claim that they need your registrar login and password - DO NOT GIVE THEM THIS. If they want to host it, you can point the DNS of the domains to their hosting and they will not need any login and password information from you.

 

[Biggie]

you can also have the developers send you the files via email and you can load them yourself....how bout dat!

 

[myst woman]

Sometimes the control panel allows sub-accounts for this purpose such as FTP (not sure about 1&1). But most of the time, I need the main admin username/password for the hosting account. Not domain name account. They should never need to access your domain name account.

You can always change your hosting account password after the work is complete.

yes especially when working from a netbook and the FTP utility does not work very well. I like to sue the html editor inside the hosting account for quick fixes and edits, that's what it's there for. Why woud you custom re-edit and upload a file with only text changes necessary?

I usually need to look at the hosting account setup to see what's what

Totally useless to give someone the ftp password and no folder information!!!!

 

[Theo]

It's all about trust.

 

[TechMan]

If the website doesn't require any database then simply create a new FTP account and give them access.
But if they need database access then you can create database in control panel and then give them user/password. Problem is they will probably need DB control panel to to create tables and manage it and the thing is 1&1's database control panel cannot be accessed without first logging into 1&1 admin. This is true for most Linux hostings that uses CPanel. So in case of database you may also need to create a sub account for 1&1 admin through which they can login and manage database.

 

[draggar]

If the website doesn't require any database then simply create a new FTP account and give them access.
But if they need database access then you can create database in control panel and then give them user/password. Problem is they will probably need DB control panel to to create tables and manage it and the thing is 1&1's database control panel cannot be accessed without first logging into 1&1 admin. This is true for most Linux hostings that uses CPanel. So in case of database you may also need to create a sub account for 1&1 admin through which they can login and manage database.

IMO that would be a huge issue with me - and a good reason why people should separate their registrar from their hosting (don't worry OP, I used to use 1&1 as my registrar and my host - I'd say within a year you'll be looking for other options :smilewinkgrin.

Creating a sub account isn't always an option, especially with lower end hosts (like 1&1) - they're cheap for a reason.

If the site is really worth it, look into an alternate option, maybe a separate hosting account (for one site you might be able to get one for as low as $5 a month - maybe even less) this way they won't have access to your domains and other sites.

And yes Acro, it is all about trust. Unfortunately there are a lot of malicious companies out there who try to take advantage of the less educated. I manage the domains for someone while they went with a different company for development and hosting. I had to fight with them because they claimed they couldn't do anything without me giving them the login and password to my registrar account (yeah, sure, I'll give you access to all of my domains even though I don't even know you). I even told them I could point the DNS and they claimed that it wouldn't work. Of course, oddly rnough they gave in and gave me the DNS and the sites have been working perfectly since I changed them.