FreeBSD® Unleashed

Chapter 27. Configuring an FTP Server

In This Chapter

• Introduction to the FTP Protocol

• Overview of the FTP Directory Structure

• Configuring the FTP Server

• Controlling FTP Access

• Allowing Anonymous FTP Access

• Virtual Hosting

• Using Alternate FTP Servers

Once the foremost method of transferring files from one point in the Internet to another, the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is now becoming eclipsed by the more glamorous and versatile HTTP. However, although FTP is a very rudimentary protocol, it is designed more specifically for large file transfer than HTTP is, and therefore is able to do a number of things that HTTP cannot. FTP's prevalence is fading, but it will always have a place in the Internet, as long as such services as authenticated downloads ...