What i'm looking for is a program to install on a server, that when a file is being transfered using ftp, the user is prompted for their name, and theie name, the file they downloaded, and the time are all recorded in a file somewhere.
If anyone knows of software like that it would be a great help.
Freeware if possible
Thanks...

Hey look at this site. It gives an FTP Scheduler User Interface.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...e"+"user+name"

paste this in the url.

select the third heading with FTP Scheduler User Interface.
It asks for a userid and password. Just press cancel and try entering in.


Is this what u r looking for?

-Nisha

Thanks Nisha, but what i'm looking for is something like, when the user clicks the "Save to disk" or "Run from current location" they are prompted to enter their name. When they do, their name, the time, the date, and the name of the downloaded file are automatically save is some file, without the person who downloaded the file even realising.
Now if you can find something like that, I'll owe you a beer....

And what do u think is this FP scheduler interface doing?

I think it gives you the the downloaded time. Aint it?

Correct me if i am wrong..

-Nisha

but cant you get that information from your ftp server? im pretty sure you can configure wuftp and proftp to record that info in the logs.

It gives you the IP address. What i'm hoping to find is a program that after the file is selected, a gui or window or something comes up and you enter in just your name. When you hit OK your name, the time & date, and the downloaded file are all saved in a file somewhere which can be accessed later-on if need be.....

hmm, i dont really know if there are any ftp servers that can do that, but, if you are good with cgi, maybe you could do it in a cgi script run from a website and the user would access the ftp service from the cgi script.

proftp can allow you to do all that! /etc/proftpd.conf has everything you need. username, password, file details, etc etc.

dmsantam,

Can u explain what is proftp???

Thanks,
Nisha

proftp is an ftp server application, which can be run as a stand alone daemon, or through xinetd.

It looks after ftp authentication and transfer. It ships with most major distributions of linux, and you can always look for it at www.rpmfind.net. You will need to search for proftpd.

proftp is a superior alternative to wu-ftp and is very similar to apache when it comes to configuration. Let me know if you need help to set it up.

|Daniel Santamaria|

Hey Thanks Daniel..

Will look at it.. and get back to you on further clarifications.

Thanks,
Nisha