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General notes on how FTP works is at:
FTP Notes
| parameter name |
description |
possible values |
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| server |
domain-name |
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| port |
FTP TCPIP port |
23, ... |
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| user |
username |
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| password |
password |
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| localfile |
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this will give your temporary file a name to reduce the number of temporary files |
| remotedirectory |
path on FTP server |
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| remotefilename |
filename to be used on destination server |
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| timeout |
time-out in seconds |
50, ... |
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| passive |
turn on passive transfer method |
true, false |
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Security notes:
FTP is inherently insecure, but there are a few precautions that you can take.
Create a separate username and password for kitchi on your webserver and don't give
it access to the root directory -- make a directory such as "cellphone" or
"marquee", etc, and assign that new username access [only] to the new subdirectory.
That way if someone or something catches on to your password (FTP sends it in cleartext I believe),
they only have access to that one directory and not your entire site. You could then regain control and
try changing the password or finding an alternate file transfer method if they are persistant.
Be aware that kitchi also saves this credential information in cleartext on your PC or server, so you may have to add roles and permissions
to the directory that the configuration files are saved.
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