Editing FAQ

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The location of FileZilla's settings directory depends on your operating system. On most systems, sites and settings are stored in the ''~/.config/filezilla'' directory. The odd exception is Windows, where the settings are stored in the ''%APPDATA%/FileZilla'' directory.

<li><b>I can't start FileZilla under Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000 or XP, it terminates with a runtime error.</b><br />

The most recent versions of FileZilla no longer support Windows 9x/ME/NT4/2000/XP. Please consider upgrading your OS to Windows Vista or higher, especially since the older Windows versions are no longer supported by Microsoft. Using older versions of FileZilla is not recommended due to known security vulnerabilities.

The administration interface can be used to configure local or remote servers. Most likely you want to configure your local server. In this case enter 127.0.0.1 as server address. For the server port, you have to enter the same port number you did specify during installation for the admin port. (default: 14148). If you set a password, enter it. If you want the administration interface to remember it, select the appropriate checkbox.</li>

You have to configure your firewall to allow incoming connections on the ftp/ftps port (default: 21/990), as well as allowing outgoing connections from the server. In FTP Active Mode, FileZilla Server tries to use a port whose value is equal to the ftp port for outgoing connections minus one. If that fails it tries to use a port number that is equal to the ftp port plus one, then it requests a port from the operating system. For that reason it might be easier to allow all outgoing connections from the server. Further you have to allow a port range for incoming connections for passive mode transfers. You can specify a port range on the "Passive mode" page in the settings dialog. In most cases, a range like 5000-5100 is sufficient. With certain firewalls, FileZilla Server might not be able to determine the external IP address. In this case you have to enter manually the IP address (or the host name) on the “Passive mode” page in the settings dialog.

You have to configure your router to forward the ftp/ftps port (default: 21/990) to the server machine. Further you have to forward a port range for passive mode transfers. You can specify that port range on the "Passive mode" page in the settings dialog. In most cases, a range like 5000-5100 is sufficient. Most likely, FileZilla Server might not be able to determine the external IP address if it is behind a router. In this case you have to enter manually the IP address (or your host name) on the Passive mode page in the settings dialog. </li>

Just create an account with the name <i>anonymous</i> or any other name of your choice and select from the Credentials top-down menu the "Do not require a password to log in" option.

The easiest way to test the connection to your server is from an external machine. You can test the accessibility of your server using the free service from http://ftptest.net/.  Note that connecting from inside the local network or localhost might not work as firewalls and/or routers could forward ports only for requests coming from outside the internal network.

<li><b>How do mount points work? How can I share multiple mount points?</b><br />

 

Let's say you want to make your picture collection in D:\mypictures available as /pictures for a specific User or Group. Create the user/group and in the right panel click on the Add button and set the Virtual path to / and the Native path to D:\mypictures. Now the server will display the virtual directory pictures right in the root directory for that user or group and its content will be that of D:\mypictures.

If you want to share multiple mount points just add more of them.

 

<li><b>The Administration interface says that the virtual and/or native path is invalid, or that it must be absolute or not be empty, how do I fix that?</b><br />

 

Mount point paths, both the virtual and native ones, must be entered in a specific format. To learn more about that format, The native path is a local file path, the virtual path is the path that the FTP users will see and it is mapped to the native path by FileZilla Server. To add a mount point click on the Add button and enter a virtual path (eg. \) and a native path (eg, C:\ftproot\sample).

 

 

 

Upgrading to the newest version is always recommended, configurations are automatically migrated.</li>

 

The password is stored in the <filezilla><admin><password> section of the server settings file. You should completely remove the <password> section and restart the server. After that you can connect to the server without password.

Also you can find out the settings file path in logs. Just open <installation folder>\Logs\filezilla-server.log and find a line with "Settings written to " string.