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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 ===== | ||
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- | **Enable FTP Server**: | + | **Enable FTP Server:** |
- | * [No] \\ The FTP Server is disabled. | + | * No - The FTP Server is disabled. |
- | * [Yes, WAN and LAN] \\ The FTP is Server is enabled for both WAN and LAN users. | + | * Yes - The FTP Server is enabled for WAN and LAN users. |
- | * [Yes, LAN only]\\ The FTP Server is enabled for LAN users only. | + | * Yes, LAN only - The FTP Server is enabled for LAN users only. |
- | \\ **TLS support**: Checking this option enables support for TLS-encrypted | + | \\ **TLS support:** Checking this option enables support for TLS-encrypted |
- | **FTP Port**: Here, you specify the port to be used for communications. (Default: TCP 21) | + | **FTP Port:** Here, specify the port to be used for communications. (Default: TCP 21) |
- | **Anonymous User Access**: | + | **Anonymous User Access:** |
- | This dropdown allows | + | This lets you choose whether anonymous users are given access to the FTP Server and which file rights they are given. |
- | * [Disabled] \\ Anonymous users are not given access. | + | * Disabled |
- | * [Read Write] \\ Anonymous users are given read and write access. | + | * Read Write - Anonymous users are given read/write access. |
- | * [Read Only] \\ Anonymous users are given only read access, | + | * Read Only - Anonymous users are given read access |
- | * [Write Only] \\ Anonymous users are given write access only. | + | * Write Only - Anonymous users are given write access only. |
- | **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: | ||
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+ | * Logons | ||
+ | * Logoffs | ||
+ | * Uploads | ||
+ | * Downloads | ||
+ | * and more.\\ | ||
- | **Log FTP requests and responses**: | ||
===== Directories ===== | ===== Directories ===== | ||
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\\ {{: | \\ {{: | ||
- | **Anonymous Root Directory**: This specifies the location at filesystem-level that is visible to anonymous connections. | + | **Anonymous Root Directory:** This specifies the filesystem |
- | **Public Root Directory**: This filesystem location | + | **Public Root Directory:** This specifies the filesystem location accessible |
- | **Private Root Directory**: This filesystem location is accessible only by the owner. It indicates the location of the Root private directory. Each user will have a protected subfolder under this location. | + | **Private Root Directory:** This filesystem location is accessible only by the owner. Each user will have a protected subfolder under this location. |
- | **Directory Listings**: | + | **Directory Listings: |
- | This controls | + | * Enabled - Users are permitted to do directory listings. |
+ | * Disabled - Users are not permitted to perform listings. | ||
+ | * Disabled for Anonymous - Anonymous | ||
- | * [Enabled] \\ Users are permitted to do directory listings. | ||
- | * [Disabled] \\ Users are not permitted to do directory listings. | ||
- | * [Disabled for Anonymous] \\ Anonymous users are not permitted to do directory listings. | ||
===== Limits ===== | ===== Limits ===== | ||
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- | **Maximum Users Allowed to Log in**: Here, specify | + | **Maximum Users Allowed to Log in:** This sets the maximum number of logged-in users at once. Users above the limit are rejected. |
- | **Maximum Connections from the same IP: ** FTP allows | + | **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 |
- | **Maximum Bandwidth for Anonymous Users**: Built-in | + | **Maximum Bandwidth for Anonymous Users:** FTP throttling will limit the amount of bandwidth |
- | **Maximum Bandwidth for Authenticated Users**: Built-in | + | **Maximum Bandwidth for Authenticated Users:** FTP throttling will limit each authenticated users' |
- | **Idle Timeout**: Specifies | + | **Idle Timeout:** This specifies |
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\\ {{: | \\ {{: | ||
- | **Limit Connection Attempts:** This option works only when FTP is enabled on the WAN. If selected, | + | \\ |
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+ | **Limit Connection Attempts: | ||
===== Custom Configuration ===== | ===== Custom Configuration ===== | ||
- | \\ {{: | + | \\ {{: |
- | **Custom configuration**: | + | **Custom configuration**: |
- | The underlying software for the FTP Server is Vsftpd (Vs FTP Daemon). [[https:// | ||
===== User accounts ===== | ===== 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. | 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. | ||
- | **Username**: The ftp user account name. | + | **Username:** Here, enter the ftp user account name. |
- | **Password**: The ftp user account password. | + | **Password:** Here, enter the ftp user account password. |
**Access:** | **Access:** | ||
- | * [Read/Write] The FTP user is given read and write access. | + | * Read/ |
- | * [Read Only] The user is given only read access. | + | * Read Only - The FTP user is given only read access. |
- | * [View Only] The user is allowed only to view the directory contents.<Fix Me!> | + | * View Only - The FTP user is allowed only to view directory contents. |
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+ | \\ | ||
- | **Read/ | + | **Read/ |
- | **Read only**: | + | **Read only**: |
- | **View Only**: The user can only browse. | + | **View Only:** |
- | **Private**: The user can only access their own folder (and not the public area).\\ | + | **Private:** |