Download and Install from
http://www.bpftp.com/
Basics
1. Start the program.
2. Click on Setup > Main > General from the pull-down menu.
3. Enter your Server Name into the Server Name box. Under Connection set the Max number of users" to any number. This is the limit as to how many users can be on your sever at any time.
4. Click on the Options tab of that same panel (on the side).
5. Look at the bottom, under IP Options. Put a check in the box Refuse Multiple Connections from the same IP. This will prevent one person from blocking your FTP to others.
6. Also put a check in the Blocked Banned IP (instead of notifying client). VERY IMPORTANT! If somebody decides to Hammer (attempt to login numerous times VERY quickly) your server/computer may CRASH if you don't enable this.
7. Click on the Advanced tab.
8. At the bottom again look at the Hammering Area.
9. Enable Anti-Hammer and Do Not Reply to People Hammering. Set it for the following: Block IP 120 min if 5 connections in 60 sec. You can set this at whatever you want to but that is pretty much a standard Click 'OK'.
Adding Users
11. Setup > User Accounts form pull-down menu.
12. Right Click in the empty User Accounts area on the right: choose Add
13. Enter account name. (ie: logon name)
14. In the Access rights box Right Click: choose Add.
15. Browse until you find the directory (folder) you want to share. In the right column you will see a bunch of checkboxes. Put a check in the following ones: Read, Write, Append, Make, List, and +Subdirs. Press select.
16. Enter a password for your new FTP account.
17. Click on Miscellaneous in the left column. Make sure Enable Account is selected. Enable Max Number of Users set it to a number other than zero. 1 for a personal account and more that one for a group account. Enable Max. no. of connects per IP set it at 1.
18. Under Files enable show relative path this is a security issue. A FTP client will now not be able to see the ENTIRE path of the FTP. It will only see the path from the main directory. Hide hidden flies as well.
Put a tick in both of these.
Advanced:
You don't need to do any of this stuff, but It will help tweak your server and help you maintain order on it. All of the following will be broken down into small little areas that will tell you how to do one thing at a time.
Changing the Port
The default port is always 21, but you can change this. Many ISPs will routinely do a scan of its own users to find a ftp server, also when people scan for pubs they may scan your IP, thus finding your FTP Server. If you do decide to change it many I suggest that you make the port over 10,000.
1. Setup > Main > General
2. In the Connection area is a setting labeled Listen on Port Number:
3. Make it any number you want. That will be your port number.
4. Click OK'
Making an 'Upload Only' or 'Download Only' FTP Server.
This is for the entire SERVER, not just a user.
1. Setup > Main > Advanced
2. In the advanced window you will have the following options: uploads and downloads, downloads only, and uploads only. By default upload and download will be checked. Change it to whatever you want.
3. Click 'OK
I couldn't have explained it any better in so short...
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It's easy as hell to setup including granting directory based read/write access to users. If you install XAMPP you'll know for sure coz it comes as a part of the installation.
