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![]() ![]() If you want to be able to upload files you need to select the write permission too. By default, only “read”, “directory listings” and “include subdirectories” are selected. Be sure to configure the permissions for each folder. To do so, move to the “Shared folders” tab, click “Add”, and then browse to whichever folder or folders you want to be available. The next step is to configure what folders the FTP account can access. Once the account is created, be sure to configure a password. In the General tab, click “Add” on the right-hand side of the window and enter a username. Click Users under Edit to create a new user. The next step is to create a user account, to do this go to Edit > Users in the top left corner of the administration window. This doesn’t affect normal remote usage you can still remotely read and write files without an admin interface password. Without an admin interface password, you cannot remotely manage the server. Tip: You should set a password for the admin interface, this setting is only available after the first time set up. ![]() You may need to change the port number if you configured that during the setup. The pre-loaded details of “localhost” “14147” and no password should let you log in. Once the server installation is complete open the administration interface if it doesn’t open automatically. It means if the computer restarts you don’t need to manually sign in and restart the FTP server, it will just start automatically. These options both default to automatically starting and are likely most useful for computers that are generally left alone. The only settings you may want to change are if the FTP server should be installed as a service that is launched when windows boots up and if the server interface should start automatically when any user logs in. The install process of the server is pretty simple with sensible defaults being suggested throughout. FileZilla has both server and client software available for download from their website. To run an FTP server, you first need to download the software, a good free example is FileZilla.
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