Okay, here we go

First we need an ftp-server program. There are a lot of programs on the Internet that can do it for you.
But I prefer using BPFTP so this introduction handles BPFTP.
BPFTP (BulletProof FTP) can be downloaded here: http://www.bpftp.com it's a 30-day free trial.

You've downloaded BPFTP ??? Let's get to work.

Installing BPFTP shouldn't be that difficult

Installation Step 1

Installation Step 2

Installation Step 3

Installation Step 4

The installation worked out, reboot and start up BPFTP.
If you chosen the Standard Installation there will be an icon on your desktop, just click it. After you've clicked it you will see this windows



This is BPFTP's mainwindow, where the real fun starts.

But first we need to configure your ftp server.
Let's do that. Go to Setup > Main > General (or just hit Ctrl+M) Here we have to configure some basic things.

Server name:Just fill in any name you want to call your server. People will see this when they login to your server. Or just leave this field blank if you don't want to give your server an name.

Max. number of users: It depends on your connection you have. If you have a great upstream you can give more users access at the same time.

Launch with Windows:If you want your server to be on-line when your computer is on, check this box. It also works for Windows XP.

Now your FTP-server is working,
but people still can't login. Therefore you'll need to configure special user accounts (or group accounts)
Go to Setup --> Useraccounts (or just hit Ctrl+U) to configure a useraccount.

Right click in the most right window, and it says Add-User (or just hit the "insert" button on your keyboard).
Here you can configure the users you want to give access to your FTP


We're gonna make a user with the name: Someone and pass: Test. After hitting the "insert" button, this window will pop-up. Fill in the name here: Someone and click "OK"

This screen will now appear. As you can see in the right screen the user Someone has been made.
In the lowest cirkle you can change the pass.
BPFTP makes a pass automatically, but as we said before we wanted that the user Someone had as pass: Test.
You can just change it into have fun.

 

Now we have to give the user Someone some rights.
Let's say that all your mp3files (or any other files you want to share) are located in the directory C:\Music. Just rightclick in the big, central, white window and click Add. Select the directory you want to share (in this case C:\Music and click "OK".

Your screen will now look like this.
As you can see the directory C:/Music is shared. But now you have to set rights for the user Someone.
You can see only "Read" and "List" is checked.
If you want to let the user upload to your computer you have to check "Write" and "Make"
so that it can make a folder for it's uploads and write to it.
If your folder C:\Music contains mp3's that are in other folders (example C:\Music\Single's) you should also check "+ Subdirs "
so that users can also can view and access those folders.

There's only one more thing you've to change in this screen.
Under the tab "Miscellaneous" you have to check the 5th option. "Max. Number of connects per IP".
This is to prevent that a user logs in more than once (or twice) and obstructs other users from logging in on your own FTP.

Now there's just only one thing you have to do and that's Open your FTP-server. Just hit Ctrl+S or press the little Thunder in the main window. Now you only have to give the address and the login to your friends so that they can download / upload from yours.

You can try out a lot of things with the program, as long as you keep in mind that u don't give users access to your confidential documents.

Have fun