RE: [WS_FTP Forum] Really dumb question

[John Hopkin]

First off, thanks to everybody who has responded. I do not have a router, I 
have a static IP address, and yes, I have set up user accounts. It was in 
trying to use one of the user accounts from another computer that I realized 
that I could not ftp in. What I was actually doing was emailing what I 
thought was the proper ftp address, and cc'd a copy to myself. When I 
clicked on it, it opened a window to the user directory I was pointing to, 
but when someone from another computer tried it, they got "Page Not Found" 
or "File Not Found", or "You are trying to access a directory for which you 
do not have permission". I also had my brother try to connect from his 
computer using ws_ftp and he got something like "could not resolve host".

Also, I have my network settings for FTP server checked "On", and the server 
program defaults to port 21.

Thanks again for your help, everyone.
John
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From: "Tracy Mangin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: RE: [WS_FTP Forum] Really dumb question
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 08:48:50 -0500
This might be an obvious suggestion, but have you set up user accounts for
the users that are trying to log in?
What message are the users getting in their client program when they try to
connect?
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Subject: [WS_FTP Forum] Really dumb question
I've installed ws_ftp pro server 4.0 and auto configured it. I can ftp into
my own computer, but I have no idea what address to give friends so that
they can ftp into my computer. I checked all the faq's and the programs help
file.
For example, say my computer name was Xxx-Xxx. The default host name would
then be Xxx-Xxx. On my computer I can ftp into ftp://Xxx-Xxx/myfolder but if
I give someone that address with userid and password and they create an
account in their ftp client, they can't connect to my computer. Can someone
tell me what the address would be? I tried changing my host name to my IP
address, but then even I can't get in. Help please. And no giggling!
Thanks,
John
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