Need help setting up a ftp server.

[Mears]

I have ws_ftp server. I'm in the process of trying to figure it out. I was reading a tutorial, but I still didn't understand for some reason.
Ok, I need to pick a hostname in the form of: host.doman.top I'm not quite sure what to put there. The dns suffix for my connection is user.msu.edu, but I don't know if that is what I want or not or if I want "my user id".msu.edu or just something else altogether. Then I'm guessing I just want to use my IP address for the IP address option. They said something about virtual hosts or something, but I don't think I'm going to mess with that.

Now config stuff.
I installed ws_ftp on c:\ although all the folders I will share will be on my d:\. I was asked to create a top directory for the host where all the user directories will created under. Does it matter where I put this since I don't want anyone messing with stuff that is on my c:\ and that is where it defaults to or does this have nothing to do with what users can access?


Lastly with user option do I want to have users log into home folders or /? And do I want to enable "use folders under root"

 

[PCsupportguy]

Well, this is tough.

Did you install this on your home PC? Because the address you are giving is a uninversity address. If the PC is behind the Uninversity firewall, this wont work unless you know the admin. The only way you can get people to connect to your PC is if you can control the outside IP and and forward the FTP port (21) to your machine.

 

[Mears]

Well I know my IP, I'm just weary on what I should list as my host. I know it is possible to do becuase I've seen ftp servers across the network.

 

[Mears]

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