Putting something up for FTP
Make your own FTP area
The first step is to make your own ftp area. This is done
with the following commands:
cd ~ftp/users
mkdir `whoami`
chmod 755 `whoami`
Copying files to your ftp area
To copy a file from your unix shell area to your ftp area,
use the following command:
cp file(s) ~ftp/users/`whoami`
To copy a file from your computer at home to your ftp area,
log in through ftp as yourself, and then type:
ftp> cd /home/ftp/users
ftp> cd MY-LOGIN
ftp> binary
ftp> put FILES
Disk usage and bandwidth used
Files in your ftp area count towards your disk usage.
Files served by the anonymous ftp server on your behalf count
as web traffic. See the
Services page for details
Incoming file areas
To make an incoming file area simply make a world-writeable
directory named incoming:
cd ~ftp/users/`whoami`
mkdir incoming
chmod 777 incoming
We used to require that the incoming area be hidden but our
ftp server now protects incoming areas from abuse.
Virtual-hosted ftp areas (ftp.YOUR-DOMAIN)
Virtual-hosted ftp areas are included with the virtual-hosting
service at Idiom.
Because of low demand, they are not usually set up. If you want
one for your domain, just ask.