Internet Explorer will often try to login
as an anonymous user, or login using a saved login and password
which is invalid.
Solution
Embed the login and password in the url like
this:
ftp://<login>:<password>@<yoursite>.ftpstream.com
That's subsitituing "<...>" with your login, password and
site name respectively. Don't forget the colon between the login
and password!
Internet Explorer appears to login but does not show any files
Answer
1)
If you have just created a new user on the
control panel and login using those user details you will not
see any files. Remember that only admin sees the whole stie. Users
can not see anything outside their home folder.
2)
If you really should be seeing files but don't
it's probably a firewall problem. Try downloading dedicated FTP
software such as CuteFTP
for the PC or Transmit
for the Mac. Thes packages are smarter at dealing with firewall
issues.
How do I upload on a Mac?
Answer
The Mac comes with no inbuilt ability to upload
to an FTP site. If you click on a link to an FTP site on a Mac
it will open either in Finder or in a web browser depending on
your setup. Neither of these, including Internet Explorer for
Mac, has any upload capability.
Solution
Download a dedicated FTP package such as Transmit.
How do I make a workgroup or shared folder?
Answer
You can give more than one user the same
home folder. So when they login they will see files uploaded
by other users in the group.
How can I make files or a folder read-only?
Answer
There's more than one
way to do it.
On the control panel when you add a
user or edit user properties, you set a user as full-access, read-only
or write-only. If you set the user to be read-only they can never
upload nor can they delete.
This is the simplest method. Some circumstances require more
control. For example you may want a user to be able to upload from one
folder but only download from another. In such cases you can use file
and folder permissions, most FTP clienbt software allows you to set
permissions for a file or folder.
