Re: VS-FTPD Configuration Issue

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On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 13:01, mlists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I'm currently in the process of setting up a ftp server using vs-ftpd
> unfortunately I'm having a bit of a problem in that I need to pass urls to
> various files to customers through a html page.
> 
> The files in question will all be under the same directory structure for
> each customer however each customer will have there own account with private
> and general file storage areas.
> 
> The problem is as followes if I tell a customer to access the url
> ftp://ftp.bobsfilestore.com then IE attempts to connect to that host,
> prompts for login details and then displays there personal file area,
> however if they try and access ftp://ftp.bobsfilestore.com/file1.zip then IE
> just responds with a "The page cannot be displayed" message.
> 
> If anyone is able to help me I would be most greatfull.


IE is the worlds greatest web browser!  ok seriously make you links like
so:

ftp://ftp.bobsfilestore.com

and

ftp://anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

IE should realize that the latter is for anonymous access.

Now the important part.  Did you setup VSFtp to allow anonymous access? 
It's off by default.

-Mike


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