Setting Up Server

tygrus2000 wrote on 2/1/2006, 8:40 PM

I want to set up a portion of my PC as a home server and dedicate a small amount of disc space for it. I would like to just host some files locally for some customers who I can just give a password and link to for access but so they can't look around the rest of my system.

How can I set this up and is there a program I need.
thx.

Tygrus

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Ayath The Loafer wrote on 2/2/2006, 6:42 AM

Asuming you have windows.

You want to run IIS (Internet Information Services)
Then you want to enable the built in FTP server.

Be sure to create a local account for your external use.
Edit permissions on the folders you use for the FTP.
Edit permissions inside IIS so that only your external user account can access the FTP.
Do not permit anonymous users to the FTP.

This is of course also asuming you have a fixed IP adress.

Ayath

edit: IIS is part of Windows XP and is enabled through control panel and add programs and windows components.

GlennChan wrote on 2/2/2006, 5:05 PM

I've found Bulletproof FTP ($45) to be much easier to setup than IIS.

There's also Filezilla FTP server,
http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/

It's open source, but I haven't tried it.