[raxe]

Delete me. Delete me. Delete me. Delete me.

[Your mum]

It would be helpful to mention the client. I think the terminal is the best client because if you know how to use that you can use it on any linux distribution via the terminal or terminal emulator. Type FTP into the terminal, then open followed by the FTP address then hit enter. Enter username, hit enter and do the same for password then you are in. The commands you will use most are cd, lcd, mget and mput. LCD to the directory you want to retrieve the file to, something like ~/Documents/files. After lcd'ing you then need to cd to the remote directory of which the file(s) you want are located. After you retrieve the file locally through mget FTP transfer, they will be places in a folder called files within your documents. If you are working from the terminal, no DE or WM at all then install nano or vi. VI is a pain in the arse to get used to but nano is a regular text editor so i'd recommend that. Its a commandline based text editor which is why i'm suggesting it. After installing nano try opening your file with it, "nano ~/Documents/files/thisfile*" If it is not basic documents or text files then I'm assuming you've got a GUI and open them with whatever you intend to open them with, most likely an office suite. When you are done repeat the process but using mput to replace the copy of the now modified file in the remote directory.

For nano:

"nano filename" = creates a new text document called filename
"nano /path/sdfsdf/as/sdg/file" creates a new text document located via the file path called file
"CTRL+X" exits the client, then asks if you want to save changes (Y/N) then where to write it (hit enter or manually write the path)

[raxe]

Hi thanks for the reply.

I worked out how to do it - using Yum, I can now edit it to my needs trough FTP. I just needed to turn it online, I want sure what client it was but of that installed on the server. I now use my PuTTY login as I'm more firm with that.

Next up is setting up a DNS on it and configuring it to be better.