Adding the First FTP Host

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To manually add the first (or only) FTP host:

1. Make sure your host has a valid Internet hostname and IP address and make sure the host has an entry on your Domain Name Server (DNS). If you use an Internet Service Provider (ISP) for connection to the Internet, your host must have an entry in the ISP's DNS.

   Note: Contact your network admin or your ISP's Technical Support for more information about your DNS.

2. Start the WS_FTP Server Manager. In the left panel, select Local System.
3. In the right panel, select New Host. The first screen of the New Host wizard appears.

4. Enter the Internet hostname of the host you are installing on. This can be from 1 to 80 characters and must be in the form host.domain.top.
5. Select the database to use for user authorization:

WS_FTP Server. If you want to create your own FTP user accounts (through the Server Manager or the Add User utility), select this option.

If you want WS_FTP Server to use user accounts from an existing user database, select one of these options:

Windows NT. All users in the Windows NT user database on your computer have access (using their Windows NT username and password) to the FTP host.

You may also use WS_FTP Server Manager to authenticate users on an NT domain, even if the computer WS_FTP Server is installed on is not the domain controller. For more information, see "Configuring an NT User Database".

External User Database. All users in the correctly configured external ODBC database stored on your computer have access to the FTP host.

For more information on configuring external user databases, refer to the directions that appear in "Configuring an External User Database".

IMail Server. All users in the IMail Server user database on your local system have access (using their IMail Server username and password) to the FTP host. Each user appears in the users folder in the top directory of the FTP host.

Important: To use this option, the IMail Server software must be installed on your computer. Also, note the following:

• The hostname you enter for the FTP host must be the exact name of the official hostname used by the IMail Server.
• You cannot use this option if the IMail Server is using the Windows NT user database for user authorization.
• The FTP host does not use the IMail Server top directories by default, but you can set the top directories to be the same, thus allowing FTP users to access their mail folders.

If you use the Windows NT or IMail Server user databases, you can display each user account and modify FTP settings for an account, but you cannot add or delete user accounts. You must add or delete user accounts through the user database. You can disable an
account - see the section "Setting Options for the FTP Host".

1. Click Next. The IP Address screen appears.

2. Enter or select the actual IP Address for this host. (The $virtual IP address is for use with virtual hosts. Do not select it for the first FTP server that you add to a host.)

   Note: The IP address must be bound to the NIC of the server.

3. Click Next. The Directory screen appears.

4. Enter the top directory for this FTP host. All user folders for this FTP host are created under this directory. We recommend that you create a directory just for this host (this is the default). If you later add other FTP hosts (using the virtual hosts feature), you can have separate directories for each FTP host.
5. Click Next. The Summary screen appears and shows the Hostname, IP Address, and Directory for the FTP server. Click Finish to create the new FTP host. In the left panel, an entry for the host appears under Local System.

The host menu appears in the right panel - you can set additional host properties as described in "Setting Options for the FTP Host".

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