Want to Set up a FTP server..something idiot proof please

[leeland]

basically wanted to set up a small server for a couple of friends to share files, i had a copy of cerberus and got it going....and my friend could connect but for some reason after he would connect he could n't go anywhere. i tried to assign the root directory to one whole partition but no go....

this is the first time i have done something like this so any info would be helpfull

thanks
leeland

 

[minendo]

serv-u ftp server

There are other programs also, but I forget what they are called. I think one of them is WarFTP

 

[leeland]

thanks for the link...so that serv-u program is it pertty easy to use ???

 

[GhettoFob]

Bullet Proof FTP Server make sure you get the server and not just the client, it's pretty simple to set up also.

 

[VRoOMdesigns]

another vote for Serv-U. I started with it and it worked pretty well.

 

[foofoo]

i use the war ftp server, it's great. and best of all, it's free....

 

[thaneboy]

How about Bison FTP server ?

 

[YoullMispronounceIt]

WarFTP is pretty hard to set up as I recall. I'd check out G6/BPFTP's FTP Server. It's got a great interface and is pretty intuitive.

 

[riteo]

yeah serv-u is a good program to use.

it sounds like your problem was that you made the home directory point to the root dir, but forgot to give the user read access to the drive haha.

i've made this stupid mistake before.

 

[abaez]

serv-u is good for beginning but after awhile you get to go to G6/Bulletproof has alot more options.