On Fri, 2001-11-23 at 12:09, Paxton, Darren wrote: > Shot in the dark, so dont take it as gospel, but maybe you need to change > your public ftp directory to point to the web directory or where the images > are located? > > ftp://hostname/ would connect via anonymous (might have to enable > anonymous) > > ftp://user:password@hostname would connect via username and password, but > obvously this isnt what you're after > > Darren > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 23 November 2001 12:13 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [scottish] Simple FTP question > > > I'm working on a web application which will allow people to select and > download pictures from a photo library. > > What should the file permissions be set to so that you can download files > from the ftp directory of a Linux (Mandrake 8.1) box via a web browser? > assuming it works when you log in anonymously to your ftp box using a standard ftp client, check the path is the same, because if you have to cd pub when you log in via ftp client you need ftp://mysite/pub/demo.jpg
> On the site I'm working on they're set to 644, which lets you download > directly with ftp, but not by clicking on a ftp://mysite/demo.jpg type link > in a web page. > > Thanks in advance, > Tom > > ***************************************************** > Tom Shearer > Web Developer > Scottish University for Industry > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.scottishufi.com > http://www.learndirectscotland.com > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk > http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *************************** IMPORTANT NOTE ************************** > The above information is confidential to the addressee and may be > privileged. Unauthorised access and use is prohibited. William M. Mercer > Limited is regulated by IMRO and the Personal Investment Authority. > Registered in London No. 984275 Registered Office: Telford House, 14 Tothill > Street, London SW1H 9NB > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk > http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
