asdlei99 / lightftp

Small x86-32/x64 FTP Server

LightFTP

• Small x86-32/x64 FTP Server

System Requirements

• x86-32/x64 Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10.
• x86-32/x64 POSIX compliant OS, e.g. Linux.
• No admin/root privileges required. FTP server must be allowed in firewall.

Configuration

Stored in fftp.cfg file, contain configuration section named ftpconfig and number of sections describing users and their privileges.

ftpconfig section values:

• port = unsigned integer, connection port number, allowed range 0..65535
• maxusers = unsigned integer, maximum number of users allowed to connect
• interface = string, network interface to bind ftp server to, for all interfaces use "0.0.0.0"
• logfilepath = string, path to ftp log file, e.g. "C:\TEMP" (/home/ExampleUserName/ExampleDataDirectory/fftplog for Linux), logged data append to the end of file

User section values:

• pswd = string, user password, specify * as any password
• accs = string, access right, see "Available user access rights"
• root = string, path to user home directory.

Available user access rights:

• admin - read, write, append, delete, rename
• readonly - browse and download
• upload - creating new directories, store new files, append disabled
• Note: any other access right is similar to banned (user not allowed to connect).

Example of configuration file can be found in Compiled directory.

Build

• LightFTP comes with full source code, written in C.
• In order to build from source in Windows you need Microsoft Visual Studio 2013/2015 and later versions. Source files (including VS project) located in Source/Windows directory.
• In order to build from source in Linux you need GCC C compiler, run make command in the Release directory. Source files (including makefile) located in Source/Other directory.

Authors

(c) 2007 - 2016 LightFTP Project