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.