I am looking for tools that will turn my computer into a FTP server but still have it remain as a desktop. Something that runs in the background. Also sFTP would be a plus.
What do I need to do? I wont be using it for anything more than downloading things from on the fly to my phone or laptop when I am out of town. Maybe have a few friends that can log into it. my IP is static as long as I don't loose power to the modem.
Suggestions?
Home FTP
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Thermite Man
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Re: Home FTP
Download the filezilla server. http://filezilla-project.org/
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Re: Home FTP
I did, I have to get the energy to set it up now...
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Re: Home FTP
FTP servers are a pain in the ass to run because they usually require you to open tons of ports. Even if it listens on just one port, it needs you to open a bunch for multi connections to work.
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Thermite Man
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Re: Home FTP
That's what I was afraid of. I am looking for a straight up install and forget kind of server. But I don't think it exists.
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cokalsM wrote: ↑If I don’t build the sand castles, the bitches won’t come. It’s not one or the other.
askmeques wrote:thermite is just a walking sellout.
bigcfk wrote:I'm down to get shitfaced either way.
Re: Home FTP
I'm pretty nooby in this area. But couldn't Pogoplug do this? what does FTP give you beyond it?
http://pogoplug.com/
Though I guess this wouldn't use your desktop's harddrive.
http://pogoplug.com/
Though I guess this wouldn't use your desktop's harddrive.
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Re: Home FTP
I'll second the recommendation for filezilla server. Its a good windows ftp server.
If your on linux tho, thats an entirely different set....
If your on linux tho, thats an entirely different set....
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Re: Home FTP
Anytime I set up an FTP server (on Linux) I either use ProFTPd or VSFTPd. Not sure which is better, but they've both worked for me. I have never set up an FTP server on Windows, I've never felt the need to.
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Thermite Man
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Re: Home FTP
I would like to keep it windows based. I want to be able to remote connect to my computer at home where I torrent. So, Maybe I should build a new computer, and then network the current one and then do all my downloading to it and just do everything streaming over the network.
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cokalsM wrote: ↑If I don’t build the sand castles, the bitches won’t come. It’s not one or the other.
askmeques wrote:thermite is just a walking sellout.
bigcfk wrote:I'm down to get shitfaced either way.
Re: Home FTP
when it comes to torrenting, my favorite setup is with TorrentFlux (http://www.torrentflux.com/). Makes it really easy to set up a seedbox. Sadly, Linux/Unix only.
depending on the resources you have available to your PC, setting up a Linux VM with minimal resources (256mb of RAM should be enough) wouldn't be too terribly hard. Install PHP, MySQL and a Web Server. You could also do this same sort of thing for just an FTP server if you wanted.
depending on the resources you have available to your PC, setting up a Linux VM with minimal resources (256mb of RAM should be enough) wouldn't be too terribly hard. Install PHP, MySQL and a Web Server. You could also do this same sort of thing for just an FTP server if you wanted.