[Xitami] Getting the FTP side up and running

[Michael diLorenzo]

Hi Ralp,

Put this in your ftpusers.aut file:

[Anonymous]
     access=G
     password=""
     root=/xitami/ftproot

And you should be all set to access ../xitami/ftproot and the files  
therein.

Michael

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 14:51:15 -0400 (EDT), <Gyrobee@aol.com> wrote:

> The version I am running is 2.5c2 - downloaded a week or so ago. All the  
> HTTP
> directories are in WEBPAGES in the master XITAMI directory and work just
> fine. I don't really care where I put the files for FTP downloading - I  
> have tried
> an FTPROOT directory in the XITAMI folder and also the same directory in  
> the
> WEBPAGES folder.
>
> In any case, I made the defaults.cfg copy and despite tinkering with the  
> ftp
> directory in the file, I typically get some version of a "file not found"
> notice when I try anonymous FTP access. Occasionally I will get a  
> directory
> listing where the text files suggest that I have ended up in the PULBLIC  
> directory,
> but that is rare.
>
> By the way, both HTTP and FTP on the same bunch of files has been  
> working for
> seven years on an old machine running Microsoft PWS so I know the basic
> internal lnks are sound. The HTTP side of the site is now much superior  
> to the old
> one now that I am using Xitami, so it is just a bit frustrating trying  
> to get
> the FTP elements working. A sample can be found on:
>
> http://taggart.glg.msu.edu/gyro/gbee.htm
>
> If you scrioll down the page, you will find a link to the GYROBEE LOGO -  
> the
> link points to:
>
> ftp://taggart.glg.msu.edu/gblogo.gif
>
> and would, with the old system, result in the retrieval of the GIF file.  
> All
> the FTP links are intended to be that simple - just a way to retrieve
> miscellaneous files that are stored on the system and intended for use  
> by visitors to
> the site.
>
> Thanks for your reply.....Ralph



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