[thelist] allowing users to use FTP to download a client's executable from their web site

Thanks, everyone who replied to my question. Am working with a new host on =
a W2K server so have run into a lot of restrictions re my being able to do =
things (I'm spoiled working with a unix host!).

This host does not permit anonymous FTP as it turns out. So they set up a r=
estricted directory from which users can download the software. then we dec=
ided to have customers use their FTP program to set up a new Session Profil=
e with the username and password the client will send each person who needs=
 to download the installation.

I'm not sure if using the ftp url in the browser would work in this situati=
on. When the software is finally uploaded, I'll test that out and see if I'=
m locked out or have access that way.

Again, thanks!

Sharon

From: "Ken Kogler" <ken.kogler@curf.edu>


> If you set up a specific user account on your FTP with the correct
> permissions, you can like to it via HTML thusly:
>
> ftp://username:password@ftp.whatever.com/
>
> That way, even if the user gets the username/password from his browser
> history (or someone else does), it's still got the correct permissions,
> and he can't poke around your FTP server.
>
> As far as setting up an anonymous account, you'd still link to it in the
> above manner, just leave off "username:password@". Check you FTP
> server's documentation to find out how to set up anonymous access and
> limit it to just the folders you need (as opposed to the whole
> website!).
>
> -Ken Kogler

> A client emailed me the following message this morning:
>
> "We need to be able to have folks download the installation from our
> site. (I
> think it's FTP capability since that's what 2 folks have phrased it.)
> How do
> we do this?  The reason is that for some folks, they cannot receive
> large
> files."
>
> My initial reaction was shock. Wouldn't this entail giving users
> permission to go into our server and take any files they wanted? Or, is
> this a function that can be done using Anonymous FTP (which I'm not
> familiar with)?
>
> Ideas/suggestions?
>
> Sharon
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sharon F. Malone
"web design and Internet writing services"
http://www.24caratdesign.com
sfmalo@24caratdesign.com