Is it possible to DOS FTP into my own computer?

[BlindTelepath]

Title says it all really, I want to be able to access files on my computer from any Windows machine with the command prompt, if possible. Any thoughts?

 

[giant384]

u mean u want to access the files on your computer from a different one?

 

[Ikerous]

If i'm understanding you, all you need to do is get some freeware ftp server, set it up on your comp. Then, whenever your on some other comp, just go into dos, go ftp, the connect *yourip* then the username/password that you set up on the server. Then you can get the files from your comp through dos

 

[BlindTelepath]

giant384: Yes.

Ikerous: OK, thanks.

Any software suggestions anyone? (MUST have user accounts possible, I want to make my whole C:\ accessible, but only to me!)

 

[FictiousWill]

I think cerberus ftp server is one of the simplest (but feature-lacking) to set up.

 

[diluted]

It's probably not very safe to leave a FTP server running on your computer, especially if it's sharing the entire drive.

 

[BlindTelepath]

Thanks FW, 'preciate it.

Diluted: Yeah, I know. On the other hand, I don't have anything sensitive, and I won't share system-critical files or anything... I figure an account/pw requirement will shut out any casual browsers, and anything further... there's no one who would want to, and, wcs, I'll just recover it.

 

[giant384]

u can use a program to do that to access your computer and everything from a different computer

 

[Link]

Just a tip, check out www.no-ip.com. It allows you to have a domain tied to your IP address (i.e. ftp://blindtelepath.serverbeer.com), so you don't have to remember a string of numbers each time you reconnect, just this one address.

 

[BlindTelepath]

Very much appreciated Link... now to test it.

 

[duffers20]

I use that no-ip thing and its great. You have a little program which runs as a service under xp that will update the host with any ip address changes, handy if you don't have a static ip like me.