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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Documentation of old routines/processes:

The FTP Server is using Cat Soft's Serv-U version 2.5x, set up to respond with Unix syntax. This server does support file upload/download resume.

Note: This server configuration setting has all web sites on the physical IANR web server look to a single physical copy of the /ucomm and /unlpub folders, which are outside of your folders. This means that if you create a folder named /ucomm or /unlpub, that folder and its contents, are not seen by any http requests to your site.

A few web page providers are using "Front Page" as their editor of choice. They have successfully loaded some pages that require portions of "Front Page Extensions" to be on the server. In these cases they have loaded the necessary elements directly into their directory on the server. This is fine, although without a doubt, NOT all extension features can be utilized in this fashion, so this is a "case-by-case" discovery of what will and will not work. For sure, database functionality does not work.

Note: Some programs provide a "Publish" option, which you may use. The "Publish" option automates the loading of files directly to the server without any additional software, see "SETTINGS for Programs with PUBLISH Option" settings below.

There are numerous FTP Client software choices, for all operating systems, so you may take your pick. You may want to check out TUCOWS for some very good choices of FTP and many other Internet programs. A popular choice at IANR is WS-FTP LE for Windows (shareware, free for educational or governmental agency use, check license agreement)

FTP Settings for the IANR Web Server:

Profile Name:	name it something meaningful to you, suggestion: IANR Web Server
Host Name:	www.ianr.unl.edu
Host Type:	Unix or Automatic Detect
User ID:	(as assigned)
Password:	(as assigned)

SETTINGS for Programs with PUBLISH Option

Publishing Location:	ftp://www.ianr.unl.edu <---NOTE: do NOT use trailing "/" on server name
User Name:	(as assigned)
Password:	(as assigned)

NOTE: When loading to subdirectories, you must specify the full directory specification in "Publishing Location" field. When doing so, you need to be aware that the root document directory on the server is named DOCS. Thus, the "Publishing Location" field should be filled in as:

NETSCAPE COMMUNICATOR SETTINGS

HTTP or FTP Location to publish to:	ftp://www.ianr.unl.edu/docs/yourdirectories/
User Name:	(as assigned)
Password:	(as assigned)

NOTE: You must specify the full directory specification in the "FTP Location to publish to:" field. When doing so, you need to be aware that the root document directory on the server is named DOCS. Thus, the "FTP Location" field should be filled in as:

How do I change my FTP account password?

C:\Temp> ftp   www.ianr.unl.edu
Connected to www.ianr.unl.edu.
220 Serv-U FTP-Server v2.5f for WinSock ready...
User (www.ianr.unl.edu:(none)): yourusername
331 User name okay, need password.
Password: yourpassword
230 User logged in, proceed.
ftp> quote site pswd oldpassword newpassword
230 Password changed okay.
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye!
C:\Temp> exit

How do I set up to for downloading files?

While the above will work, it can also be very helpful to use FTP to ensure the intended download with a left click. For such files as a PowerPoint presentation, an HTTP request for most users will actually display the presentation in their browser, as they have already loaded the PowerPoint plug-in into their browser. You may use an FTP link to download such files.

PLEASE NOTE - THERE IS NO ANONYMOUS SITE ON THE IANR WEB SERVER. However that does not prevent you from accomplishing the equivalent of anonymous, only how you accomplish it. For anonymous downloads you only need provide server name, directory(s), and filename. For non-anonymous download, you must ALSO provide id and password for logging on. For the IANR Web Server a special id and password has been set up:

ID	download
Password:	read
ID & Password need to be lowercase

This id/password will work for any file, in any directory on the server. However, this id will ONLY provide read access (not write, nor listing of files in directory), so the user has to know the exact directory and filename in order to retrieve anything. It provides no more access than by a web browser, except it provides for a clean download. If you have security concerns, check out the section on "How do I control access to my files?"

You may obtain for your web site the web page accesses, visits, referring sites and more. This sample report will include information that will help illustrate what is possible for you to select to include in your own unit's report. To request to begin generating a report for your site, please fill out the:
      IANR Web Server Stats Request Form

Creating the .HTACCESS Files

Apache password encrypting routine

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