How to Install Windows' FTP Servers

▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ██ ██ █▌ - WINDOWS' FTP SERVERS - █▌ █▌ █▌ █ ▐▌ █ Setting up your own FTP server gives you the ability to easily share files ▐▌ █ with others, securely access your files from anywhere, and satisfaction of ▐▌ █ having your own server how you want it. ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ FOR ALL WINDOWS' FTP SERVERS ▐▌ █ WINFTP ▐▌ █ RAIDENFTPD ▐▌ █ ___________..___________ ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ FOR ALL WINDOWS' FTP SERVERS: ▐▌ █ ````````````````````````````` ▐▌ █ PORTS: ▐▌ █ 1. First pick a port that is free to use for your FTP server. For security ▐▌ █ don't use port 21. Use one above 10,000. Forward that port in your router ▐▌ █ (TCP). If you don't know how see port-forwarding website HERE. For this ▐▌ █ example I selected port 111111 ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ 2. If you are going to use SSL for some users select another 2 ports ▐▌ █ (raiden's implicit and explicit) and do the same. For this example I ▐▌ █ selected port 222222 & 222233 ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ 3. Select a large enough port range (depending on the amount of users you ▐▌ █ are going to have) for port passive use. ▐▌ █ For this example I selected ports 10000-10040. That's considered a small ▐▌ █ range, which is fine for me as I have only 2 users including myself :) . ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ ABILITY TO TEST LOCALLY: ▐▌ █ To test this locally I had to edit my 'hosts' file: ▐▌ █ C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (the name of this file is hosts, no ▐▌ █ extension) ▐▌ █ Right click on file, select Properties, under Attributes remove Read-only ▐▌ █ if checked/OK. ▐▌ █ Open file with WordPad, Mine had this: ▐▌ █ 127.0.0.1 localhost ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ I changed it to: ▐▌ █ 127.0.0.1 localhost ▐▌ █ 192.168.1.2 my.freedomain.com ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ (192.168.1.2 is my internal IP on my network) ▐▌ █ Close that file selecting the red X, select OK; not file / save ▐▌ █ Right click on file, select Properties, under Attributes select ▐▌ █ 'Read-only' /OK. ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ Windows 8 users: If you are using the built-in 'Windows Defender' ▐▌ █ antivirus then you must: ▐▌ █ 1. Exclude the 'hosts' file from being monitored by Windows Defender or it ▐▌ █ will remove any changes you make to this file: ▐▌ █ Windows key > type in Windows Defender > Enter > Settings tab > Exclude ▐▌ █ Files and locations > Browse button > navigate to file > OK > Add > Save ▐▌ █ Changes ▐▌ █ 2. Launch your text editor as Admin to make changes to the hosts file. ▐▌ █ Example: Windows key > type in Wordpad > right click Wordpad icon > Run ▐▌ █ as administrator > file type box select 'All Files (*.*)' ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ *Note in the above settings 'my.freedomain.com' is a free domain I have ▐▌ █ from dyndns.org . To set that up see my DYNDNS tutorial HERE. ▐▌ █ If you don't have one then put your internet IP there. If your IP is ▐▌ █ dynamic, changes, you'll have to reset that each time it changes. ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ NOTES: ▐▌ █ 1. An easy way to give your users their account information is in this ▐▌ █ format: ▐▌ █ ftp://name:password@yoursite.com:port ▐▌ █ For example: ▐▌ █ ftp://mewbie:123abcABC456@123.456.789:12999 ▐▌ █ They then can then paste that entire line into most FTP clients that will ▐▌ █ then correctly fill out the settings. ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ 2. To test an FTP client you can enter the server address as: localhost or ▐▌ █ 127.0.0.1 or your internet IP or your domain. ▐▌ █ Protocal would be Normal FTP Server or for SSL it would be 'SSL FTP (AUTH ▐▌ █ SSL)' ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ 3. Set up a proper account for your self (with a very strong password that ▐▌ █ you can remember) so that you can access your computer when away via FTP. ▐▌ █ Of course you will need to leave the FTP server running and have approved ▐▌ █ entries in your firewall already. ▐▌ █ ___________..___________ ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ FTP SERVERS THAT I HAVE TRIED: ▐▌ █ WINFTP: ▐▌ █ ``````` ▐▌ █ WinFTP's site is HERE. They have a forum HERE, which looks like it's ▐▌ █ difficult to get your questions answered. ▐▌ █ Though this is a very easy FTP server to have up and running the freeware ▐▌ █ version has a nag; you won't have to put up with it long as it has a time ▐▌ █ limit (probably 30 days) :( . It is expensive, even starting at the ▐▌ █ Standard version. Some things I really liked is it's built in SSL ▐▌ █ certificate maker, SFV checker, easy to setup virtual directories, etc. ▐▌ █ Just easy, clean, small foot-print. If you want to give it a try this is ▐▌ █ how I set up mine: ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ INSTALLING & SETTING UP: ▐▌ █ ```````````````````````` ▐▌ █ First do the steps above under 'FOR ALL WINDOW'S FTP SERVER'S' ▐▌ █ 1. Get the latest version from their site. Install it. ▐▌ █ 2. Read their 'HELP.CHM' which can be accessed from WinFTP Server '?Help' ▐▌ █ button. It's one of the better help files I have come across. Go to Quick ▐▌ █ Start and follow step by step on the first page. Very easy. Will cover ▐▌ █ everything needed there to get it up and running. ▐▌ █ 3. Continue on in the help to set up everything else or if like me and ▐▌ █ despise reading manuals just go button by button the program :) . ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ NOTES: ▐▌ █ `````` ▐▌ █ 1. To make a fancy welcome login I just did it in notepad (font terminal) ▐▌ █ then I pasted it into WinFTP/Main/Event Manager/ first in the list ▐▌ █ 'OnWelcomeUser'/Reply tab, select 'Reply with message:' Then paste in your ▐▌ █ message/ASCII art - same for the rest of the possible messages. ▐▌ █ ___________..___________ ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ RAIDENFTPD: ▐▌ █ ``````````` ▐▌ █ RaidenFTPD's site is HERE. They have an active forum HERE. This is my ▐▌ █ favorite FTP server so far for Windows - mostly because of all the add-on ▐▌ █ scripts (free) such as ones that check the integrity of files :) You can ▐▌ █ find the add-ons HERE and also by searching in google and go crazy playing ▐▌ █ with those, even if you don't 'need' them. Freeware version has a nag, no ▐▌ █ SSL/TLS, Remote Control or ODBC database. To have the full version it's ▐▌ █ quite expensive. This tutorial will cover a few other items not included ▐▌ █ in the Freeware version also. This is NOT as easy to setup to be running ▐▌ █ as smooth as WinFTP but it will have far more features if you take the ▐▌ █ time- it's the closest I've seen yet to GLFTPD. You can spends days and ▐▌ █ days playing and setting up extras. I'll write down all that I can ▐▌ █ remember that I did, hoping to save you many hours of searching and ▐▌ █ reading...bleh: ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ INSTALLING & SETTING UP: ▐▌ █ ```````````````````````` ▐▌ █ First do the steps above under 'FOR ALL WINDOW'S FTP SERVER'S' ▐▌ █ 1. Get the latest version from their site. Install it. ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ 2. Make a directory on another drive to back up its configuration files, ▐▌ █ just in case... ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ 3. Most of the configuration files you will edit are in its main install ▐▌ █ directory: C:\Program Files\RaidenFTPD ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ 4. Start setting it up by reading the help docs which can be accessed ▐▌ █ 'RaidenFTPD help' link in its main window (C:/Program ▐▌ █ Files/RaidenFTPD/raiden-ftpd-doc/index.html). Follow the step by step in ▐▌ █ the 'Quick Installation Guide'. ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ 5. To create a SSL certificate and private key for RaidenFTPD is very ▐▌ █ easy; download the cert & key maker HERE. Then follow their steps HERE. ▐▌ █ You could open that bat file in WordPad and edit it to your needs (to save ▐▌ █ select red X/Yes). For example the cert it will make is only good for one ▐▌ █ year; you could change that. Google to find out other options you could ▐▌ █ add for SSL Certificate self signed. ▐▌ █ For example it has this: ▐▌ █ -days 365 ▐▌ █ For 10 years change it to: ▐▌ █ -days 3650 ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ PERSONALIZED USER'S MESSAGES: ▐▌ █ ````````````````````````````` ▐▌ █ You'll find all here: C:\Program Files\RaidenFTPD\message\ ▐▌ █ 1. Make a back up of original. ▐▌ █ 2. Open the file in WordPad (or other text editors) and adjust how you ▐▌ █ like. For example 'default-welcome.msg' is what users will see when ▐▌ █ logging in. I just pasted in my same ASCII art as WinFTP at the top. ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ ADD-ONS: ▐▌ █ ```````` ▐▌ █ I wanted something to check the integrity of zip files. After some ▐▌ █ searching and reading I decided to use Zorglub's zChecker.v2.1.935, which ▐▌ █ can be found HERE. If you run into problems go to their forum for ▐▌ █ Zorglub's scripts HERE; search and read. This is how I set mine up: ▐▌ █ 1. Install it here (not in raiden's directory): C:\Program Files\zChecker ▐▌ █ 2. Open the readme.txt and follow step by step. It is located here: ▐▌ █ C:\Program Files\zChecker\readme.txt ▐▌ █ *Backup first any files that you are going to change. ▐▌ █ 3. If you have 'dupechecker' on in raiden turn it off as zchecker dupe ▐▌ █ checks. ▐▌ █ 4. Don't use zipchecker either with zchecker. ▐▌ █ 5. On installation step 2 the ConfTool.exe worked beautifully but it ▐▌ █ limited my settings and I found it removed some as well. So I used that ▐▌ █ and then I manually edited the zChecker.ini as in the 2nd part of step 2 ▐▌ █ and just kept testing until it was correct taking notes of every error. ▐▌ █ 6. When manually editing an ini the easiest way for me is opening it with ▐▌ █ WordPad and saving it by selecting the red X/Yes (not file save which can ▐▌ █ corrupt the file). Or use UltraEdit or similar if you have it :) . ▐▌ █ 6. After you have it set just how you like it make a back up of those ▐▌ █ files...just in case. ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ NOTES: ▐▌ █ `````` ▐▌ █ 1. To add users to your site via your FTP client (not through raiden's ▐▌ █ server window) do this by opening a command window- in FTPRush it's Ctrl+r ▐▌ █ keys. Type into the command window: ▐▌ █ site adduser name pass group ▐▌ █ For example: ▐▌ █ site adduser mewbie 123abcABC456 fmaster ▐▌ █ Then add that user's allowed IP or IP range. ▐▌ █ site addip user ident@123.456.789 ▐▌ █ For example: ▐▌ █ site addip mewbie boo@12.234.*.* ▐▌ █ site addip mewbie boo@12.234.56.789 ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ 2. Find my pasted configuration file settings below. It would have been a ▐▌ █ big help to me had I seen some working configs before embarking on this ▐▌ █ :). Even though I don't use all the directories I set them up purely to ▐▌ █ test if script was installed ok. I would recommend this- name them as you ▐▌ █ like just be sure to change all instances of them in the configs ▐▌ █ correctly. You can learn much more I think from reading these files then ▐▌ █ help files alone. ▐▌ █ ▐▌ █ CONFIGURATIONS FILES AS PER EXAMPLES GIVEN IN TUTORIAL: ▐▌ █ ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ▐▌ █ My Raiden's main config file 'mewbie's.ftpd': ▐▌

[FTPD]
SERVER_NAME=mewbie's
SERVER_IP=192.168.1.2
DYN_IP_HOST=
LISTEN_PORT=111111
SSL_PORT=222222
SSL_PORT_EXP=222233
SSL_VER=2
ALLOW_ANON=0
USE_ANON_MAX=0
ANON_MAX=16
USE_USER_MAX=1
USER_MAX=8
USE_MAXUSER_PER_IP=1
MAXUSER_PER_IP=2
IPCHK=2
IPCHK_DATA=0
PASV_IP_ROLLING=0
XTRA_IPS=
XCLU_IPS=192.168.1.2
AUTO_CHOOSE_IP=0
VFSFILE=C:\progra~1\RaidenFTPD\mewbie's.vfs
USRFILE=C:\progra~1\RaidenFTPD\mewbie's.user
IPFILE=C:\progra~1\RaidenFTPD\mewbie's.allow
USE_DATAPORT_RANGE=1
PORT_FROM=10000
PORT_TO=10040
TIMEOUT=300
OUTLIMIT=0/0
OUTLIMIT_RECORD=0/0
INLIMIT=0/0
INLIMIT_RECORD=0/0
SHOWHIDDEN=1
MSG=1
LOG=1
LOGNAME=fixed
ENCRYPT_LOG=0
UTF8_LOG=1
DIRMSG=1
DIRMSGFILE=.message
USE_MEM_DB=0
DUPECHK=0
DUPECHKDB=
DUPECHKSHOWFULL=1
OVERWRITE_COMPLETE=0
DNS_LOOKUP=1
SFV_CHK=0
ZIP_CHK=0
SHOW_ITEM_NO_R=1
ANTI_NOOP=0
ANTI_HAMMER=
GLOBAL_DLSPD=0
GLOBAL_ULSPD=0
DENY_VLS=0
ODBC_ENABLED=0
ODBC_IPACCESSDB=0
ODBC_USERDB=0
ODBC_CMDLOG=0
ODBC_DLLOG=0
ODBC_ULLOG=0
ODBC_DIRLOG=0
ODBC_EVENTQUEUE=0
ODBC_SERVERSTATS=0
ODBC_DSN=raidenodbc
ODBC_USR_TABLE=users
ODBC_EXTRA_USERID=
ODBC_EXTRA_PASS=
ODBC_EXTRA_PLEN=0
onNewDir=ask://C:\Progra~1\zChecker\onNewDir.exe "%S"|"%g"|"%m"|"%@"
onDelDir=file://C:\Progra~1\zChecker\onDelDir.exe "%S"|"%g"|"%m"|"%@"
onDeledDir=
onMoveDir=
onUserConnect=
onUserLogin=exec://C:\Progra~1\zChecker\siteCmdMsg.exe "%S"|"%g"|"%$"|"%Y"|"%@"|"%^"|"LASTON LOGIN"
onUserLoginFailed=
onSmartBan=
onUserLogout=exec://C:\Progra~1\zChecker\siteCmdMsg.exe "%S"|"%g"|"%$"|"%Y"|"%@"|"%^"|"LASTON LOGOUT"
onFileUploaded=ask://C:\Progra~1\zChecker\zChecker.exe "%G"|"%m"|".%+"|"%Q"|"%S"|"%g"|"%V"|"%@"|"%E"
onFileUploadFailed=
onSfvUploaded=
onSfvFailed=
onSfvSuccess=
onSfvPreDelete=
onSfvComplete=
onFileDownloaded=
onFilePreUpload=ask://C:\Progra~1\zChecker\onFilePreUpload.exe "%S"|"%g"|"%m"|"%="|".%+"|"%@"
onFilePreDownload=
onFilePreDelete=
onFileDeleted=ask://C:\Progra~1\zChecker\onFileDeleted.exe "%S"|"%g"|"%m"|"%="|".%+"|"%@"|"%M"|"%E"
onMp3Uploaded=
onZipUploaded=
onEveryDay=exec://C:\Progra~1\zChecker\sitecmdtool.exe
onPreCwd=ask://C:\Progra~1\zChecker\siteCmdMsg.exe "%S"|"%g"|"%$"|"%Y"|"%@"|"%^"|"MSG INCOMING"
onNukeDir=
onUnNukeDir=
onSiteCmd=exec://C:\Progra~1\zChecker\siteCmd.exe "%S"|"%g"|"%$"|"%Y"|"%@"|"%^"|"%!"
onSiteCmd2=
onSiteCmd3=
onSiteCmd4=
BOUNCERIP=
VLS_FORWARD_CLNT_IP=0
EXCEPT_SITE_CMD_R=MSG,TIME,NUKE,UNNUKE,UNDUPE,DUPE
EXCEPT_SITE_CMD_S=MSG,TIME,NUKE,UNNUKE,UNDUPE,DUPE
EXCEPT_SITE_CMD_N=MSG,TIME,NUKE,UNNUKE,UNDUPE,DUPE
EXCEPT_SITE_CMD_G=MSG,TIME,NUKE,UNNUKE,UNDUPE,DUPE
[RC]
REMOTE_CONTROL=0
MONITOR_FTPD=
FTP_PORT=0
FTP_PRPTOCOL=0
FTP_HOST=
FTP_USER=
FTP_PASS=

█ ▐▌ █ My 'zChecker.ini': ▐▌

[SITE]
SiteName=mewbie
FullName=mewbie

[BPFTPD]
msgFooter=[$SiteName] [Ul:%SESSIONKBUPMb] [Dl:%SESSIONKBDOWNMb] [Creds:%URATIOCREDITMBMb] [Free:%DFREEMBMb] [$SiteName]

[RAIDENFTPD]
raidenFTPd=1
raidenPath=c:/program files/raidenftpd/
userFile=C:/Program Files/RaidenFTPD/mewbie's.user
siteCmdPath=C:/Program Files/zChecker/

[SCRIPT]
scriptPath=C:/Program Files/zChecker/
tempCheck=C:/Program Files/zChecker/check/
deleteBadFiles=1
incompleteTagPrefix=_
incompleteTagSufix=--INCOMPLETE
incompleteTagAsFolder=1

[NEWDAY]
DaylyRiPStructure=1
DaylyMP3Structure=1
Daylength=5

[NFO]
AllowSiteNFO=0
SiteNFO=zg.nfo
AllowSiteComment=0
SiteComment=comment.txt
AllowTrashNFO=1
NFOList=eternity,mod,ts,spy,g,gc,de,ep,dim,ad,site,tor,nf2k2,ff,ds,tr,coke,reformation,ff,XmirroR,tager,lh,hc,eph,zn,koh,wow,wtc,me,NF2001,orb,dm,se,ps,tm,me,nfs,drm,rrsite,tcp,ten,hades,cam,bps,tn,hc,jbf,starbase,fr,pos,twilight,ris,iNSM2001,sl,osd,o13,end,alv,tb,bar,lbt,snk,ph,ls,tt,hf,tc,kane,releases,mrl,thealter,W-PIT,hsg,nukepot,np,bbx,toa,joel,factory,tm,tch,di,pr,ratzhole,h2h,brz,thesite,af,atl,awh,ae,mm,pre,ftp,tpg,cotg,pbox,airforceone,MidGaard,rellist,rel-1997,rel-1998,rel-1999,rel-2000,phoenix,roc,PZ1998,sz,zg,beatdiz,hom,dropzone,bps-0wnz,tfa,nud,quadcon,NF2K,Valhalla,twh,mlm,equality,risc,ut,mf,echobase,devotion,firesite,pwh,hol,irm,aks,dls,InfernoFTP,inferno

[RIP]
nbripPath=1
listNewRip=20
##############################################
# path<NUM>=<DIRECTORY>|<SECTION>|<IS PRE DIR>
ripPath1=f:/ftp/ZIPS/|ZIPS|0
ripPath2=f:/ftp/2/|2|0
ripPath3=f:/ftp/3/|3|0
ripPath5=f:/ftp/4/4/|TEST|1
AllowRipList=1
RipList1=C:/Program Files/zChecker/dupelist/ZIPS.txt
RipList2=c:/zChecker/dupelist/2.txt
RipList3=c:/zChecker/dupelist/3.txt

[ISO]
noCRC=none,.cue,.m3u,.nfo,.diz,.sfv,.jpg,.gif,.png,.zip,.mpg,.mpeg,.jpeg,.avi,.txt
nbisoPath=1
listNewiSO=10
##############################################
# path<NUM>=<DIRECTORY>|<SECTION>|<IS PRE DIR>
isoPath1=f:/ftp/SFV/|SFV|0
isoPath2=f:/ftp/ZIPS/|ZIPS|0
isoPath3=f:/ftp/2/|2|0
isoPath4=f:/ftp/3/|3|0

AllowiSOList=1
iSOList1=C:/Program Files/zChecker/dupelist/SFV.txt
iSOList2=c:/Program Files/zChecker/dupelist/ZIPS.txt
iSOList3=c:/Program Files/zChecker/dupelist/2.txt
iSOList4=c:/Program Files/zChecker/dupelist/3.txt

[MP3]
nbmp3Path=1
listNewMP3=10
##############################################
# path<NUM>=<DIRECTORY>|<SECTION>|<IS PRE DIR>
mp3Path1=f:/ftp/music/|music|0
AllowMP3List=1
MP3List1=c:/Program Files/zChecker/dupelist/music.txt
allowAutoM3u=1

[RACEMESSAGE]
allowExtractNFOInfo=1
AllowMissingFilesInMsg=1

[DB]
logToDB=1

[SITEBOT]
allowSiteBot=0
announceFile=C:/Program Files/zChecker/announce.txt
announceHalfway=1
halfwayLimit=6
announceNewRacer=1
announceFullRace=1

[MULTIDIR]
multidir=none,CD1,CD2,CD3,CD4,CD5,CD6,CD7,CD8,CD9,DISK1,DISK2,DISK3,DISK4,DISK5,DISK6,DISK7,DISK8,DISK9,DISC1,DISC2,DISC3,DISC4,DISC5,DISC6,DISC7,DISC8,DISC9,SAMPLE,SAMPLES,COVER,COVERS,SUB,SUBS,VOBSUB,AC3CODECS,AC3.CODECS,AC3_CODECS

[NFOPARSER]
thePattern=(supplie[rd]|release[rd]|cracke[rd]|pack(e[rd]|ag(ing|e[rd]))|encode[rd]|rippe[rd]|dis[ck]s|rars|cds|size|date|type|title|genre|format|pro(tection|tect|t)|rating|quality|style|tracks|songs|album|label|artist|archiv(e|es)|busted)[^ac-z]((\s{1,10}by(\s{1,10}|\.{1,10}):)|(\s{1,10}by:)|((\s{1,10}|\.{1,10})(\]:|@:|:|\];|@;|;|\-|||\()|\]-|_|\[)|(\s{1,10}\.{1,10}(\]:|@:|:|\];|@;|;|\-|||\()|\]-|_|\[)|(\s{1,10}\.{1,10}\s{1,10}(\]:|@:|:|\];|@;|;|\-|||\()|\]-|_|\[)|(\]:)|(:)|(\-)|()|()|(\]-)|(|_)|(\[)|(\()|(\.{2,10})|(\s{1,2}\.{2,50}\s{1,2})|(\s{1,2}{2,50}\s{1,2})|((\]|\)|\[)\s{3,30}))

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