Question

I’ve shared hosting with no SSH access. Just simple FTP access.

I’ve a team of 5 developers working on multiple projects. For any modification on project files, I manually upload all files using filezilla which is getting difficult day by day (because of human errors and time constraints).

I’m not sure if there is a way where I can map a specific local folder with the webfolder using FTP.

For ex. I’ll change test.php on local server and run a terminal account – “sync” then it should automatically detect that test.php is updated and should replace server’s test.php with the latest one.

Another example – if I edit a specific file in FTP, then it should sync with the local folder.

Another constraint is I cannot give my FTP password to my team because of compliance issues, no need that restricted.

Please assist if there is a way to do this OR anything better.

Appreciate your help. You’re awesome!

Answer 1

You probably want to mount an FTP folder.

The package curlftpfs (available in Ubuntu universe repository) enables you to do that.