Generic Bundle: Running the server

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Starting up

ColoradoFTP server must be started from its home directory. Go into coloradoftp directory and execute the start-up script:

Under Windows

C:\apps\coloradoftp> start.bat


Under Unix/Linux

$ ./start.sh &


The FTP server starts up and if successful the following message appears:

Server started, use Ctrl+C to kill the process


Shutting down

To shut down the server:

Under Windows

Close the command prompt window the server is running in.


Under Unix/Linux

Locate and kill the server process.


Connecting

Open your favourite FTP client and try to connect to either remote or local IP of the machine your server is running on. If you trying to connect from the same machine then use localhost or 127.0.0.1 as the address instead.



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