Wednesday, 29 May 2013
How to Create an FTP Server on Your Computer
FTP stands for File
Transfer Protocol and can be used to transfer files between client and server.
There are certain advantages of using FTP like we can transfer bulk data across
the network as well as we can control the mode in which data is transferred
over the internet. For i.e: it may be Binary or ASCII mode. Most of the
organizations already using FTP server because of its efficiency in file transfer. So if you are running an organization then
creating an FTP server is must for you.
Today we will see how to create an
FTP server on your computer. Basically creating an FTP server on your home computer don't need a lot of networking knowledge. If you know basics of computing than you can easily turn your computer as a FTP server.
Requirements:
1) Static IP address.
2) Serv-U 4.0
Change your IP to Static IP address: Static IP address is a type of IP address which remains same every time we connect to internet. Follow this article (How to change dynamic IP address to static IP address) to change your IP address from dynamic to static. If your IP address is already in static form, then also its recommended to follow that article, by doing so you will get a domain name which we will be use in next steps.
Installing FTP server on your home computer:
There are lots of free FTP servers available over internet, In our tutorial we are using Serv-U due to its user friendliness.
1) Go to this link and enter your details to download Serv-u 30 days free trail version.
2) Install serv- u and click next until you’re asked to enter domain name. Once you reach there enter a domain name which you got from this article.
3) After that leave all the settings to default and click next until domain name setup wizard finishes.
4) Now go to Domain Users
tab and right click on blank panel to add a new user to your FTP server (for
more refer to snapshot below).
5) Now in User Information tab, Enter Login ID for user, then type Full name of user, provide a by default password, and lastly in home directory browse a directory which can be accessible by remote users through FTP.
Leave all the other fields as it is and click on directory access tab, now click on Add to add directory access rule.
In path field browse directory which can be accessible by remote users. Check mark on the type of permissions you allow to users. It’s recommended to check mark only on Read.
Finally click on save to save directory access rule. Now click on save again to save user account settings.
6) Once done, open command prompt and type
ftp your-domain-name and press enter, in my case my domain name is 2.3
5) Now in User Information tab, Enter Login ID for user, then type Full name of user, provide a by default password, and lastly in home directory browse a directory which can be accessible by remote users through FTP.
Leave all the other fields as it is and click on directory access tab, now click on Add to add directory access rule.
In path field browse directory which can be accessible by remote users. Check mark on the type of permissions you allow to users. It’s recommended to check mark only on Read.
Finally click on save to save directory access rule. Now click on save again to save user account settings.
6) Once done, open command prompt and type
ftp your-domain-name and press enter, in my case my domain name is 2.3
ftp cybersniffer.myftp.org
After that you will see something like this,
Now enter username and password for the newly created user account to see its working or not, if you followed all the instructions correctly then you will see something like this.
Now you can share the username and password to intended users. They can browse your FTP drive using their command prompt with the help of dos commands.
For any queries related to creating an FTP server on your computer, kindly leave your comments in comment box below.
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