net2ftp help

Installation instructions

Requirements

Web server: any web server which can run PHP. The most popular one is Apache.
PHP: at least version 4.2.3. net2ftp works under Safe Mode.
Disk space: 1.5 MB for net2ftp, and a few MB for the temporary files.

Procedure

1 - Unzip all the files on your computer, and upload them to your server.

2 - The /temp directory should be chmodded to 777 (you can use net2ftp.com to do this).

3 - Set your settings in the settings.inc.php file.

4 - A database is only required if you want to log the actions of the users. To create the tables, execute the SQL queries below (also in the "create_tables.sql" file). This can be done easily in PhpMyAdmin, the popular front-end to MySQL.

#
# Table structure for table `net2ftp_logAccess`
#

CREATE TABLE net2ftp_logAccess (
  date date NOT NULL default '0000-00-00',
  time time NOT NULL default '00:00:00',
  remote_addr text NOT NULL,
  remote_port text NOT NULL,
  http_user_agent text NOT NULL,
  page text NOT NULL,
  ftpserver text NOT NULL,
  username text NOT NULL,
  state text NOT NULL,
  manage text NOT NULL,
  directory text NOT NULL,
  file text NOT NULL,
  http_referer text NOT NULL
) TYPE=MyISAM;
# --------------------------------------------------------

#
# Table structure for table `net2ftp_logError`
#

CREATE TABLE net2ftp_logError (
  date date NOT NULL default '0000-00-00',
  time time NOT NULL default '00:00:00',
  ftpserver text NOT NULL,
  username text NOT NULL,
  message text NOT NULL,
  cause text NOT NULL,
  drilldown text NOT NULL,
  state text NOT NULL,
  manage text NOT NULL,
  directory text NOT NULL,
  debug1 text NOT NULL,
  debug2 text NOT NULL,
  debug3 text NOT NULL,
  debug4 text NOT NULL,
  debug5 text NOT NULL,
  remote_addr text NOT NULL,
  remote_port text NOT NULL,
  http_user_agent text NOT NULL
) TYPE=MyISAM;
# --------------------------------------------------------

#
# Table structure for table `net2ftp_logLogin`
#

CREATE TABLE net2ftp_logLogin (
  date date NOT NULL default '0000-00-00',
  time time NOT NULL default '00:00:00',
  ftpserver text NOT NULL,
  username text NOT NULL,
  remote_addr text NOT NULL,
  remote_port text NOT NULL,
  http_user_agent text NOT NULL
) TYPE=MyISAM;

Next steps

To allow large file uploads and transfers, you may have to change these settings:
- in the file php.ini (directory C:\windows or /etc): upload_max_filesize, post_max_size, max_execution_time, memory_limit
- in the file php.conf (directory /etc/httpd/conf.d): LimitRequestBody
Protect the /temp and the /admin directories. If you use the Apache web server, use .htaccess and .htpasswd files to do this -- sample files are provided (username admin, password net2ftp).
- .htaccess file: set the path to the .htpasswd file
- .htpasswd file: enter a list of usernames and encrypted passwords (the admin panel can be used to generate encrypted passwords)
In your php.ini file, register_globals can be set to "off" (this is more secure), but the application will off course also work if it is set to "on".
The files are transmitted using the BINARY mode by default. There is a list of file extensions (txt, php, ...) which are transmitted in ASCII mode. Edit this list if needed, it is located in /includes/filesystem.inc.php. Look for function ftpAsciiBinary.

NOTE: IF YOU USE THE IIS FTP SERVER

In the FTP server's configuration, set it for UNIX style directory listings rather than MSDOS style listings.