does anybody know how to setup ftp accounts

[cs7536]

1) does anybody know how to setup ftp accounts?
I got my php and my apache working now but I still do not know how to set up ftp account to the virtualhost accounts that I created.

2) Do I still have to setup dns in windows server 2000?, or do I not need it in windows server? does apache do it all in the config file?

I gues I am asking is: does apache server and windows dns supose to work together to point to the corect domains or. is apache an all in one system. and if so how would I setup dns in apache if windows dns server is not needed?.

thank you
cyber

 

[sleipnir214]

Apache has nothing to do with FTP.


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[cs7536]

basicly I just wanted to know if I continue setting ftp acccount through the windows like before or was there a way that is was suppose to be done via appache but you answered my question.

Thank you so musch for your help
Max

 

[RhythmAce]

Get your mitts on a good ftp server (you might try tucows). I don't do Windows so I can't help you pick one out. Your ftp server will know which traffic to handle just as apache does. For example, apache listens for http traffic on port 80 and your ftp server will listen for ftp traffic on port 21. The same is true for telnet, mail servers and so on. What you want to do with your ftp users is to chroot ("jail&quot them to their own webspace so they can't access other parts of your system. On linux systems most of this is handled using the system user accounts. On Windows, the server software may use a file with access info for its users. DNS doesn't have much to do with what you are talking about. All it does is take a domain name and point it to an IP address. Who answers the request depends on the client making it. For example if it's a web browser, the apache will answer. If it's a mail client then the mail server will answer. To make it short, you can have as many servers and/or domains hosted on the same ip as you want.