Anonymous FTP

[bensdiy]

Hi,
I would like to put some files on a public FTP server. I put a file in my public_ftp folder but I can't access it via Firefox.
Is this address right : ftp://ftp.bensdiy.exofire.net/mire-Copper.ps ? I also tried ftp://anonymous@ftp.bensdiy.exofire.net, without any success..
I didn't find anything concerning anonymous FTP in cPanel.

What can I do ?

Thanks !

Ben

 

[Delpee]

No, I don't know how to acces either, but I'm with x10hosting.com...
Can someone help?

 

[bensdiy]

I don't seem beeing the only one having that problem !

I got the "Ad Free" hosting, may be is it impossible to use anonymous FTP with it ? :dunno:

 

[Pyker]

Found something...

Quoted from cPanel X help at "FTP Accounts":

Why would I use FTP?
There are many reasons to use FTP. While it is not as secure as some other methods, such as SCP, it has advantages. For example: If you have a repository of multiple files or a directory that many people will want to download, you can set up anonymous FTP access so those files can be downloaded all at once instead of one at a time. FTP can also be used to upload multiple files at once to your site.
...
Accounts to note
Anonymous accounts are used for Anonymous FTP access and cannot be deleted. Logaccess accounts are used to download your site's log files and also cannot be deleted. Your main FTP account has access to all files within your domain and also cannot be deleted.

What is Anonymous FTP?
Anonymous FTP allows anyone to access a specified directory without a username or password. This means that anyone can access the files in your anonymous directory. Your anonymous directory is public_ftp/.

Hope it can help!!!

 

[bensdiy]

Thanks for the post ! But I can't make it work...
What did you do to make it work ? I've already put a file into public_ftp.
Edit:
I think something is missing in my cPanel interface. I can't find the Anonymous FTP Controls page. Is it hidden somewhere ?

 

[Corey]

We have anonymous FTP turned off for security. The last thing we need is a ton of people uploading files to everyone's accounts. I would suggest creating an account and password and giving it out to people you want to have access.

-Corey

 

[bensdiy]

Ok, it was just to put files to download. So i'll put them in public_html, and people will download them via http.

Thanks for the info !

Ben