Computer Services for Architecture

Anonymous FTP Setup

Your anonymous FTP site has a directory structure which is completely separate from your website. When people FTP to your domain anonymously, they will see the following directories:

"Pub" is where you should put all your anonymously accessible files.

"Incoming" is for the anonymous users to upload files. You are responsible for any "pirated" software uploaded by the anonymous users. The anonymous FTP sites will be periodically monitored for any abuses. You may ignore the other directories (bin, dev, etc, and lib).

You may tell your visitors that they can visit your anonymous FTP site by typing "yourdomain.com" as the hostname, "anonymous" as their username, and their complete email address as the password.

To access the anonymous FTP site via the web, use the following address:

ftp://yourdomain.com/pub/

Your HTML to download a file called cost.xls from a webpage would look like this:

You should tell your visitors that they may need to right-click on the link and pick the "Save Link As" option (Netscape) or the "Save Target As" option (Internet Explorer) in order to "download" the file to their computer.