FTP Server help

[derekblankmccoy]

Hi
I have an FTP server that works fine, using guildftp
I however wanna make it easier to use for some of my friends. I want them to be able to just log on to my ftp serve with IE and browse without logging in or anything. One of the ftp servers that i know does it is ftp.idsoftware.com
You go there and you can just browse ids stuff for download. I also wanna o it to later on make a webpage from where i can have people download stuff from me using ftp. Is there an easy way to do this?
thanks

 

[JackMDS]

What do they have to log too right now?

The Site the Server the FTP the What?

 

[JonnyBlaze]

you just need to enable anonomous access with no password, which can be a bad idea but thats what you want

JB

 

[HKSturboKID]

Yep, enable anonymous login with blank password will definitely work. But its a security hole and they can delete your files too. Then again, you can set the permission on the directory

 

[JackMDS]

There is a nice trick to improve security.

You download this free program:

Intall and run it on the Flie Directory it automatically produces a very nice HTML code with a Menu and Links to the files. You make one directory with free access and you put the html file as index.html, and the only file in this directory.

People log to the server get only this file which displays the menu on thier Browser. Click on the file name initiates downloading.

 

[iceman894]

also try bullet proof ftp .. i love this thing i run a server to 250+ gigs of data on crappy computer but that server helps it work out has alot of options that u may like more than your current one

 

[JackMDS]

Here a little demo of the idea on my above Post.

Link to: Down Load with ftp from a Menu.

Click on the instructions file for Download tips.

 

[HKSturboKID]

Originally posted by: JackMDS
Here a little demo of the idea on my above Post.

Link to: Down Load with ftp from a Menu.

Click on the instructions file for Download tips.

Hey Jack,

What is the name of the free program and where and how do we get it?

 

[JackMDS]

I edit the link out by a mistake.

Here you go: dirhtml - create HTML index.

 

[HKSturboKID]

Originally posted by: JackMDS
I edit the link out by a mistake.

Here you go: dirhtml - create HTML index.

Wow...this is a neat program. Thanks Jack.

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

Nice program Jack, I'm gonna' use it.

 

[JackMDS]

Additional trick is.

Let say you put all your available download files in a general directory but you want to give John an access only to few specific files.

You create an additional DirHTML file that includes only the specific files (takes am minute once you know the program). You give the resultant html file a name like John.html and you put it in the ftp file directory.

John is then giving the link to this html file and he will be capable to download the specific files that would appear in the menu, while the rest of the files would stay transparent.

In other word it is a tool to create a selective downloading without maintaining a Password system and multiple directories for variety of Downloaders.

 

[HKSturboKID]

another thing that I realize is that you can't have spaces in the folder names. I have a space in one folder and when I created the html file, it see a space as % and doesn't link up.

 

[JackMDS]

What you are using it on Apache?

Space in directories works on my hard drives.