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====== FTP Server ====== | ====== FTP Server ====== | ||
- | The built-in FTP (File Transfer Protocol) Server is an alternative way to transfer files in/out of your router and its attached storage. | + | The built-in FTP (File Transfer Protocol) Server is an alternative way to transfer files to/from your router and its attached storage. |
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+ | Before using FTP, you may want to consider the pros and cons of using it versus the NFS Server (in a *nix environment) or File Sharing via Samba. There are significant differences between them. | ||
===== FTP Server Configuration ===== | ===== FTP Server Configuration ===== | ||
- | **Enable FTP Server**: | + | {{:pasted: |
- | | + | **Enable |
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- | \\ **TLS support**: Checking this option enables support | + | |
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+ | * Yes, LAN only - The FTP Server is enabled for LAN users only. | ||
- | **FTP Port**: Here, you specify the port to be used for communications. | + | \\ **TLS support:** |
- | **Anonymous User Access**: | + | **FTP Port:** Here, specify the port to be used for communications. (Default: TCP 21) |
- | This dropdown allows you to choose whether anonymous users are allowed access to the FTP Server and which file rights they are given. | + | **Anonymous User Access:** |
- | * [Disabled] | + | This lets you choose whether anonymous |
- | * [Read Write] \\ Anonymous users are given read and write access. | + | |
- | * [Read Only] \\ Anonymous users are given read access only] | + | |
- | * [Write Only] \\ Anonymous users are allowed write access only. | + | |
- | **Allow Admin Login**: Enables your local system administrator account as a user for the FTP service. | + | * Disabled - Anonymous users are not given access. |
+ | * Read Write - Anonymous users are given read/write access. | ||
+ | * Read Only - Anonymous users are given read access only. | ||
+ | * Write Only - Anonymous users are given write access only. | ||
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+ | **Allow Admin Login:** Enables your local system administrator account as a user for the FTP service. | ||
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+ | **Log FTP requests and responses: | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Logons | ||
+ | * Logoffs | ||
+ | * Uploads | ||
+ | * Downloads | ||
+ | * and more.\\ | ||
- | **Log FTP requests and responses**: | ||
===== Directories ===== | ===== Directories ===== | ||
- | \\ {{: | + | \\ {{: |
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+ | **Anonymous Root Directory: | ||
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+ | **Public Root Directory: | ||
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+ | **Private Root Directory: | ||
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+ | **Directory Listings: | ||
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+ | * Enabled - Users are permitted to do directory listings. | ||
+ | * Disabled - Users are not permitted to perform listings. | ||
+ | * Disabled for Anonymous - Anonymous users aren't permitted to do directory listings. | ||
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+ | ===== Limits ===== | ||
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+ | \\ {{: | ||
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+ | **Maximum Users Allowed to Log in:** This sets the maximum number of logged-in users at once. Users above the limit are rejected. | ||
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+ | **Maximum Connections from the same IP: ** FTP lets a user log on via multiple sessions from the same address. Here, specify how many simultaneous connections will be allowed for the same user. | ||
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+ | **Maximum Bandwidth for Anonymous Users: | ||
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+ | **Maximum Bandwidth for Authenticated Users: | ||
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+ | **Idle Timeout: | ||
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+ | \\ | ||
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+ | \\ {{: | ||
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+ | \\ | ||
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+ | **Limit Connection Attempts: | ||
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+ | ===== Custom Configuration ===== | ||
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+ | \\ {{: | ||
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+ | **Custom configuration**: | ||
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+ | ===== User accounts ===== | ||
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+ | This is the area where you define FTP user accounts. User accounts defined here will be given only FTP service rights. No operating system accounts are created. | ||
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+ | **Username: | ||
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+ | **Password: | ||
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+ | **Access:** | ||
- | **Anonymous Root Directory**: This specifies the location at filesystem-level visible by anonymous connections. | + | |
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- | **Public Root Directory**: | + | \\ |
- | **Private Root Directory**: This filesystem location is accessible only by the owner. This field indicates where the Root private directory lives. Each user will have a protected subfolder under this location. | + | **Read/Write:** |
- | **Directory Listings**: Enabled/ | + | **Read only**: |
- | Limits -\\ {{: | + | **View Only: |
- | Custom configuration - User Accounts\\ | + | **Private:** |