FTP with Windows 2003

  • Thread starter Thread starter RSteph
  • Start date Start date
R

RSteph

Guest
I'm still fairly new as it comes to working with windows server. Is there a
built in FTP system within Windows server, or do I need to download an FTP
program?

We have a server hosting our website. We are looking to add some shopping
cart software for our site. The company we are going through actually ftp's
the software onto our server, then we have to give them a login and they
setup the software for us, so that we can start adding items.

It's been a while since I've used ftp for much of anything though, and I've
always just used a downloaded ftp program. I've never tried ftp'ing into my
windows server.

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
 
Re: FTP with Windows 2003

You will find the FTP server using Add/Remove components. I forget the
actual path, but it is included in the Applicaiton Server (IIS) components.

"RSteph" <RSteph@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2A2E03A1-CCB4-423E-9BCA-DAAFEFE4AAF3@microsoft.com...
> I'm still fairly new as it comes to working with windows server. Is there
> a
> built in FTP system within Windows server, or do I need to download an FTP
> program?
>
> We have a server hosting our website. We are looking to add some shopping
> cart software for our site. The company we are going through actually
> ftp's
> the software onto our server, then we have to give them a login and they
> setup the software for us, so that we can start adding items.
>
> It's been a while since I've used ftp for much of anything though, and
> I've
> always just used a downloaded ftp program. I've never tried ftp'ing into
> my
> windows server.
>
> Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
 
RE: FTP with Windows 2003

There's a great little article here...

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Creating-Configuring-FTP.html

You can google for it using the keywords "Windows Server FTP"...

"RSteph" wrote:

> I'm still fairly new as it comes to working with windows server. Is there a
> built in FTP system within Windows server, or do I need to download an FTP
> program?
>
> We have a server hosting our website. We are looking to add some shopping
> cart software for our site. The company we are going through actually ftp's
> the software onto our server, then we have to give them a login and they
> setup the software for us, so that we can start adding items.
>
> It's been a while since I've used ftp for much of anything though, and I've
> always just used a downloaded ftp program. I've never tried ftp'ing into my
> windows server.
>
> Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
 
Re: FTP with Windows 2003

There's an ftp service in the IIS component. You may need to add the service
in Add/Remove Programs.
As it is not secure (plain text password) and being used to upload rather
you should make sure to disable it when not needed.
Although, why don't you or they just download from _their_ftp site? You
don't need an FTP service to _download_ stuff, only to upload.
Anthony,
http://www.airdesk.co.uk



"RSteph" <RSteph@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2A2E03A1-CCB4-423E-9BCA-DAAFEFE4AAF3@microsoft.com...
> I'm still fairly new as it comes to working with windows server. Is there
> a
> built in FTP system within Windows server, or do I need to download an FTP
> program?
>
> We have a server hosting our website. We are looking to add some shopping
> cart software for our site. The company we are going through actually
> ftp's
> the software onto our server, then we have to give them a login and they
> setup the software for us, so that we can start adding items.
>
> It's been a while since I've used ftp for much of anything though, and
> I've
> always just used a downloaded ftp program. I've never tried ftp'ing into
> my
> windows server.
>
> Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
 
Back
Top