Executive and Corporate (E&C) Technical Support: Configuring and Using an FTP Client
Configuring and Using an FTP Client
Using an FTP client to upload content to your E&C Server is a very
simple process. The following guidelines provide a general overview of transferring files to and from your E&C
Server via FTP.
In order to transfer files via FTP, you must have an FTP client installed on your PC. Here are a few of our
favorite FTP clients, along with specific instructions detailing their configuration and use:
NOTE: Don't like any of these FTP clients? You will find many free and useful clients on the Internet. Try searching
for FTP client in your favorite search engine. you will likely be overwhelmed by the amount of FTP clients available.
It is highly recommended you choose an FTP client that supports a secure FTP login, like SFTP, SCP, or FTP
over SSH
Start your FTP client and connect to your E&C Server using the secure login ID and password you created
when you setup your E&C Server. See
Connecting to your new E&C Server
for the First Time for more details regarding this. Do not use anonymous as the login ID, as you will not
have access to the directories and files you need. For your security, Do Not use your root login for
FTP. After you log in, you will be placed in your E&C Server home directory
(/home/SECURE_LOGIN_ID). This is the same directory you find yourself in when you connect to your E&C
Server via SSH. Your FTP client should allow you to select the file transfer mode, either ASCII or
BINARY. Use ASCII mode to transfer text files and BINARY mode to transfer binary files. Most FTP clients have an
Automatic transfer mode option that can be set. When this option is selected the FTP client will automatically
determine which file transfer mode to use when you upload or download files.
NOTE: Be sure you transfer all your HTML files, as well as any text files, such as CGI script source code,
in ASCII format! All image files (.gif, .jpg, etc.) must be transferred in BINARY format.
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