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For the majority of Internet users, FTP’s real power is transparent. At the click of a link, they can initiate an FTP server download; these users are anonymous never needing to provide a user name and password.

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This part of the tutorial covers using SlimFTPd for anonymous user access. It is extremely easy to set up, provide a user profile with user name set to “'''anonymous'''” with a '''blank password''' and restrict '''access''' to '''read''' as shown to the right.

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I have a folder containing wave music files and would like to make these downloadable from a web page. The anonymous user profile has the following format:

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Add the user profile on the right to the end of SlimFTPd’s configuration file.

C:\uc_slimftpd_tutorial\'''slimftpd.conf'''

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# Stop (uc_kill_process.bat) and re-start SlimFTPd (SlimFTPd.exe) this forces configuration changes to take effect.

# You will receive a '''550-error''' list permission denied, not surprising because '''allow''' was set to '''read''' only.  

All test pages are contained in folder C:\uc_slimftpd_tutorial\uc_tskill hence no need to create these. To run and html page double click on its file name it will be displayed in your browser.  

'''Links:'''

The page contains two links:

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Run the page (double click on test1.html), click on either of the links and your browser will offer you the choice to either play (open) or save the file to disk.

Matching my music files I have a range of CD cover images. These are large images contained in a separate folder; I would like to make these download-able.

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Modify SlimFTPd’s configuration as shown in bold.

'''''Note:''''' I have added Allow '''List''' so you can see what is listed in the root.

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# Stop (uc_kill_process.bat) and re-start SlimFTPd (SlimFTPd.exe) this forces configuration changes to take effect.

# Your browser displays the FTP servers root content.

# '''BIG PROBLEM''' what happened to the wav files?.  

Adding sub-folders to the server root will resolve the above problem. You can use the same name as the folders being mapped e.g. wav and images or use alternative names top_ten_music blockbuster_images.

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Modify SlimFTPd’s configuration as shown in bold.

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# Stop (uc_kill_process.bat) and re-start SlimFTPd (SlimFTPd.exe) this forces configuration changes to take effect.

'''''Illusion:''''' Well the user sees folders that do not exist on your disk.

All test pages are contained in folder C:\uc_slimftpd_tutorial\uc_tskill hence no need to create these. To run just double click on the file name it will be displayed in your browser.

'''''Links:'''''

The page contains four links:

'''''Note:''''' The mount command has created new sub-folders '''top_ten_music''' and '''blockbuster_images''' our real folder '''wav''' and '''images''' have been mapped into these respectively.  

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'''Run the page''' (double click on test2.html).

Individual accounts are accessible using their full FTP address, these look similar to an email address and have the following format:

FTP addresses for testing as follows:

Note: When using individual accounts you will notice a reduced login pop-up requires only a password.