For real, they only give me ftp access to my html directory, no higher. I can however create folders at a higher level using php exec functions, but I dont know how solid it would be to do this.

Just an idea, if I made a php script that utilized the exec() function and created a directory 1 level higher than my webroot, then created a link within my webroot to that could that be a doable solution or just as risky, seeing as the link still resides where all the drupal files are.

Has no one else run into a hosting server that only allows ftp to the webroot?