Does this utility exist?

[CZroe]

I am looking for a stripped down FTP hosting utility. Not one which can be configured with users and clients or whatever, I need this simply to host a temporary public FTP from any computer. The program should be small enough to fit on a floppy.

This is the functionality I am looking for:
Start the executable (may require installation?), a tray icon appears.
Right-click the icon and choose "Configure..."
Here, you can set the directory to share, or set the program to start automatically when Windows starts.
These are the ONLY two options.
There is no way to configure users, passwords, welcome messages etc.
All users only have permission to browse directories, list files, and download files.
No one can delete, rename, or create anything remotely.

It sounds really easy to make, but I know nothing about programming Internet-enabled applications. Anyone here good with C skills want to give it a try?

PS: Another option which should be available when Right-Clicking the tray icon is "View Log" which shows which files have been downloaded, and the IP address which have connected etc.

You can tell when someone is downloading when you see the message:

000.000.000.000 downloading "path/filename.ext"

and do not see the message:

000.000.000.000 download complete. "path/filename.ext"

 

[jfall]

Humm.. probably wouldn't be too secure. I don't know of any that are stripped down to that extent.. have you tried Serv-U before? It's not too bad.

 

[tkdkid]

Sounds like you just need to download War-FTP and learn how to configure users...you can make an anonymous user. Burn the installer onto a CD and it's portable.

There are reasons why utilities like the one you described don't exist....it would take an hour at most to learn how to set up war-ftp, whereas it would take about two weeks to write your own ftp server.

 

[tkdkid]

Also..I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to accomplish. But you can set up an ftp server on your own machine, write down the IP and stay connected. Then you can ftp to your machine and transfer files.

 

[CZroe]

This program should have nothing to do with users or permissions, all logins will be accepted.
All a user can do is browse and download files.
The reason for this utility, is so that I can simply share a directory and post an HTML link directly to my file.