Sharing Files With Anonymous 'ftp'

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Using the Web to Share Files with Others

Scenario (4): You already have a UW Website and wish to make all files in a certain directory available to anyone

Your Setup Actions (actions to be performed only once):
Let us suppose that the files you wish to share are to be located in a sub-directory named "Anonftp". You create this as follows:

Login to Homer        : Type "q", and then type "s" to get to Unix
Move to public_html   : cd public_html
List the files there  : ls -l        (that is "ell", not "one")
Create the directory  : mkdir Anonftp                                   
Logout of Homer       : logout, followed by "l"

Your Actions For Each File To Be Made Accessible: You need to transfer each file to your sub-directory "Anonftp" in your "public_html" Web directory on Homer, and then set the right permissions to make them available.

Let us suppose that your UW NetID is "johndoe", and you currently have an MS WORD file named "my.doc" that you wish to make available. You do this:

Use SSH Secure FTP    : Click the SSH Secure FTP icon on your PC, and    
                        in the window that opens up, connect to
                        Homer. Your PC files appear in the left 
                        window and your Homer files are in the right
                        window. In the Homer window double click on
                        "public_html", navigate to the sub-directory
                        "Anonftp", and drag "my.doc" to the folder
                        "Anonftp".
Insure/set permissions: While still in SSH Secure FTP, in the Homer   
                        window navigate to "Anonftp", double click
                        on it to open it, locate "my.doc" and 
                        right-click on it, and click on "Properties".
                        Read  permission should be set for Owner,
                        Group, and Other. If not, set them.

Your Actions To Remove A File In Your Archive:

Use SSH Secure FTP    : Click the SSH Secure FTP icon on your PC and     
                        connect to Homer. In the Homer window, navigate to
                        the "Anonftp" folder in "public_html", locate   
                        "my.doc", right-click on it, and select "Delete"

Actions To View Or Retrieve A File In Your Archive: Anyone in the world who knows your Web page address can view the list of files in your Web directory and can view or save any of them to their PC as follows:

In any browser type in the URL: staff.washington.edu/johndoe/Anonftp
Double click on a file        : (to view the file)     
Right click and select                                
     Save Target As...        : (to save it to their PC)
                                Note: this assumes they are using Internet
                                Explorer; other Web browsers may word the 
                                save command differently