Hide files in a FTP-program

Question

A want the users who log in to the web-server via FTP to don't be able to see the files in the root-folder, but all folders and all files in subfolders. This is not for security, only to have a cleaner view.

But I can't find any way to hide the files.

I know it is possible to give the user access only to a certain subfolder, but the users need to see all the folder in the root-folder, so this is't really an option.

It would be OK if there is a way to hide only all .php files.

If the solution require a FTP-program, it should work on both Windows and OS X.

Answer 1

First you sound a bit confused. You cannot login to a webserver using a ftp client. You access a webserver using a webbrowser.

If you want to remove files from the default listing of files that a webserver will produce if there isn't an index file, then perhaps the easiest way is to write a cgi program which will exclude those files you don't want to see, and output the names properly formatted.

Answer 2

You can mark the files as hidden by prefixing the "." character to their filenames.

Answer 3

I think what you are describing cannot be achieved on the server. The closest thing you can do with file permissions is hide a non-root directory (and its contents).

However you should be able to filter the view on any decent FTP client.