Help With User Access

[daphreak]

How do u change the access level of the users, as in giving them read/write access. I need to be able to add files to the server through a proggy like cuteftp pro and everytime i try to upload files it says that i dont have write access? Help plz

[Anonymoose]

CuteFTP is an FTP client, for connecting to FTP servers. Abyss is a web (HTTP) server. You cannot upload to a HTTP server with an FTP client. :wink:

If you want to allow users to upload you'll either need to install something like PHP and an upload script, which will only let users upload through their browser, or to allow them to upload using an FTP client you'll need an FTP server.

For a freeware FTP server, I'd recommend FileZilla. A lot of people here also recommend GuildFTPD.

http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
http://www.guildftpd.com/

http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/server/fwftpserver.html for other choices.

The FTP server is *not* part of Abyss - you will need to create users/passwords/groups on the FTP server, not in Abyss.

[daphreak]

but i am trying to create a phpbb and i have installed php for abyss and the website i got it from has a tutorial thing

http://www.phpbb.com/support/tutorials/display.php?t=phpbb2_admin_install

The demo from the website above shows cuteftp copying files to the server and this is wat i am trying to achieve.

I'll try to use that filzilla proggy and upload them that way

[olly86]

if you chose to use GuildFTPd, just a warning that it can be quite temperamental, and is prone to crashing. the authors continue to clam that the next version will be relied soon.
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[Anonymoose]

If you're trying to install the bbs on your own machine, you don't need to upload anything with FTP - just copy the files into your htdocs folder using Windows Explorer. That tutorial is geared towards setting up the bbs on a remote machine rather than your own server.

Try this instead :

http://os17fan.cjb.net/web/phpBB_tutorial.html