Multiple FTP Accounts
Users whose account plans include Multiple
FTP accounts can setup ftp access for users through
the FTP Feature inside your Control Panel. From inside
the FTP feature, click on FTP Accounts and add a username and password for the user
that you are granting ftp access. The user then can
access your account utilizing the same instructions
you received with your welcome email.
Anonymous
FTP
Virtual domain account users whose plans include Anonymous
FTP can allow anonymous FTP access to visitors wishing
to download or upload files to your web site as if you
were running your own FTP server. You can enable (and
disable) ANON FTP access within the FTP Feature inside
your Control Panel.
ANONYMOUS FTP WARNINGS
Security:
Anonymous FTP will grant any and all
users the ability to access your "upload"
directory, or any directory on your domain that has
been set for "public" read/write permissions.
Anonymous users will have access to upload or download
files to and from your domain. You must set the appropriate
permissions for your directories to restrict anonymous
FTP access. This is needed to ensure that anonymous
users will not be able to access any existing files
or directories. You can inhibit access to specific files
and directories using the File Manager by disabling
public read and/or write access to the files or folders
you don't want people to see (i.e.. cgi-local).
Responsibility:
As the account owner,
you are responsible for any and all files that are stored
on your domain. This would include files that were uploaded
by you as well as by anonymous FTP users. With the use
of anonymous FTP, your site is susceptible of becoming
a "warez" site. Typically, these are sites
that are used by "hackers" to trade (upload/download)
illegally pirated copies of software programs with one
another. As the account owner, the complete content
of your account is your responsibility. If your site
becomes a trading post for "warez" programs,
you may face legal action that can be taken against
you by the programmers/software companies of the copyrighted
software in addition to your account being deleted from
our servers.
Data
Transfer:
Any and all FTP download transfers, anonymous FTP included,
will be used in the calculation of the total data transfer
for your account. If this total data transfer amount
exceeds the limit that is set for your plan, you will
be responsible for any and all overage charges that
occur. Please Note: There will be NO exceptions made
for these overage charges. Once anonymous FTP has been
enabled, it will be your responsibility to monitor the
anonymous FTP activity for your account.
Disk Space:
If you are going
to allow people to upload files to your site, make sure
you keep track of your disk space usage via your Control
Panel.
Do not allow your disk space usage to get too close
to your maximum disk space allocation or you may experience
problems accessing your site via FrontPage and/or be
unable to upload or modify files.
Once you enable ANON FTP in your
Control Panel, files can be accessed anonymously via
an FTP client.
Anonymous visitors wishing
to access your site via FTP must use your domain name
as the FTP hostname, username of anonymous and password
of guest.
Your anonymous FTP site is completely
different from your website. When people FTP to your
domain anonymously, they will see the following directories:
bin/
dev/
etc/
incoming/
lib/
pub/
"pub" is where you should put all your anonymously
accessible files.
"incoming" is for the anonymous users to upload files.
For
security the following applies
Only the incoming directory can be written
by anonymous users
Sub-directories cannot be created
by anonymous users
The incoming directory is not
readable by anonymous users
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.
To access the anonymous
FTP site via the web, use the following address: ftp://yourdomain.com/pub/
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