Anonymous FTP

We run an anonymous ftp service on "graphics.stanford.edu" (and only on "graphics"). For an "anonymous" user it has the following interesting directories:

pub - the public archives
incoming - the blind writable area
It is a write-only incoming directory tree (we had to do this because the warez pirates started using us as distibution point for stolen software).

Putting files into the ftp directories as an anonymous user

Anonymous users can only put files into a subdirectory of incoming. First, you must create the subdirectory:

Change to incoming tree
cd /usr/graphics/ftp/incoming/
Create directory
mkdir fred
Make directory write-only
chmod 753 fred

Tell your collaborator the directory name, and then he can as an anonymous user:

Change to writable subdirectory
cd incoming/fred
Upload
put ...

These are "blind" puts. Users will not be able to see what they added nor can they overwrite existing files with the same name.

Retrieving files from the incoming directory

You can retrieve files from incoming by
going to /usr/graphics/ftp/incoming/.../ from unix variants
or \\gfx\ftp\incoming...\ from Windows.

Please delete the subdirectory as soon as your need for it ends.