Questions: How do I move my files from /pub/incoming? Regarding ANON ftp, how long do the files or will the files stay on my site? Today's question is about anonymous FTP. I activated it and it worked as expected. Now, I have deactivated it. My anonymous FTP folder disappeared as expected, but you can still FTP anonymously to mydomain.org and see an empty PUB folder dated 19980508 and I wonder if this is normal? How does someone upload files anonymously? How do I allow someone to download files anonymously? What is anonymous FTP? Answers: How do I move my files from /pub/incoming? You must FTP into your account. The FILE MANAGER, in your control panel will not be allow you to do this because of the file/group owners/permissions. Regarding ANON ftp, how long do the files or will the files stay on my site? it should stay there forever :) Today's question is about anonymous FTP. I activated it and it worked as expected. Now, I have deactivated it. My anonymous FTP folder disappeared as expected, but you can still FTP anonymously to mydomain.org and see an empty PUB folder dated 19980508 and I wonder if this is normal? Yes, that is normal. How does someone upload files anonymously? If someone would like to upload files to you, they need to put them in the /pub/incoming directory. This directory is automatically set up for you. How do I allow someone to download files anonymously? First, you must activate Anonymous FTP feature from your online control panel. After anonymous FTP is set up, we will create a directory called /your_domain-anonftp in your home directory. This directory will by default contain the following directories: /incoming /pub The only directory that is used is the /pub directory. This directory is where you should put files that you want to have users anonymously download. Your users can access this directory through an FTP client or via a browser by going to: ftp://your_domain.com/pub What is anonymous FTP? Anonymous FTP is the ability to upload and/or download files from our servers without having a login username and password. Obviously, for security reasons, we only allow anonymous FTP to specific directories. After anonymous FTP is setup, it will create a directory called domainname-anonftp in the user's home directory. This directory will by default contain the following directories: /bin /dev /etc /lib /pub The only directory that is used is the "pub" directory. This is where the client should put files that they want to have users anonymously download. Users can access this directory via a browser by going to: ftp://domainname.com/pub Note, we do not allow clients the ability to allow users to both upload and download to the same directory. We do this for security reasons. The client is responsible for moving files from the incoming directory to the pub directory if they wish for uploaded files also to be downloaded. To get an incoming directory, contact support. The incoming directory would be: ftp://domainname.com/incoming This directory is writable from the web but NOT readable. No one coming in from the web (or from an FTP program logging in as "anonymous") can see what files are stored here. This can be useful for resellers who want to allow their clients to update their pages but don't want to give them full FTP access. The clients would upload to incoming and the reseller would move the files into domainname-www.