Re: [cobalt-users] FTP server for raq4i

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, MStan wrote:

> Hello, is it possible to install a different FTP server on a raq4i?....I was
> looking
> for one that was more powerful, in that you could include descriptions for
> files, # of
> downloads, limit access, ul-dl ratio, also pull files from a data base, Is
> their
> such a thing that could be installed?

Actually, you can probably do all those things with the ftp server that's
there, with the addition of a few scripts, except for the file
descriptions, ftp itself doesn't really support that...

You sound like you really want a BBS tho....
Why not just use one? or a web server....

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/bbs/!INDEX.html

Both an index of bbs's , and a nice example of hybrid ftp/http integration
to provide files with descriptions ;)

Download/upload counting can be done from logs, access is already
available, reading files from databases is more of a project, unix usually
adheres to the idea that 'the filesystem is a database' , but there are
hacks, It's fairly easy to make the web server serve database things, tho
databases don't like large objects generally...

PS: the above list is by no means complete, search google for more...

gsh