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4. General Questions

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Q1: Does Ceberus FTP Server support SSL?

Yes, Cerberus FTP Server fully supports explicit TLSv1/SSLv3 encryption over FTP.

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Q2: I am using Cerberus FTP Server for personal use. Why does the "UNREGISTERED" text appear in the welcome message?

If you are using Cerberus for personal use only, you may continue to do so without requiring a license key. The "UNREGISTERED" text will still appear in the welcome message. Only licensed versions of Cerberus FTP Server do not display the "UNREGISTERED" message. If you would like to get rid of the "UNREGISTERED" message in the welcome screen, you may purchase a license key. Otherwise, you are free to continue to use Cerberus FTP Server for personal use indefinitely.

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Q3: How do I pass a username and password to the FTP server from a web browser?

According to the specification of URL formats, RFC 1738, an FTP URL is of the form:

 

ftp://user:password@host:port/path

 

so that some or all of the parts user:password@, :password, :port and /path may be excluded.

The components obey the following rules:

user
	a user name (user id) on the host
password
	the password corresponding to the user name; note: if the user and password field in a URL contains character : or @ or /, the character must be encoded
host
	the fully qualified domain name of a network host, or its IP address
port
	the port number to connect to; it omitted, defaults to 21
path
	path specification of the form cwd1/cwd2/.../cwdN/name

The host is usually the external IP address that your ISP has assigned to you. Cerberus FTP Server will attempt to detect it and display is as the WAN IP Address on startup.

Security Note: You should generally avoid using FTP URL sytax for anything other than anonymous FTP access. Including a password is a security risk. On most browsers, it will be visible as you type it, and it will be retained by your history file.

For more information check out: FTP URLs

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Q4: How do I configure Cerberus FTP Server to run as a service?

Cerberus FTP Server can be configured to run as an NT service by going to the 'Advanced' menu of the 'Server Manager' and selecting the 'Install As A Service' checkbox. See the image below:

 

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Q5: How can a client change their login password remotely?

A client being able to change its password was not supported in the original FTP specification, but Cerberus supports client password changes via the FTP 'SITE' extensions command. The syntax is:

SITE PSWD oldpassword newpassword

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Q6: What IP address should I give other people to connect to my FTP server over the Internet?

First, make sure you've configured Cerberus FTP Server to be visible on the Internet. Assuming you are connecting through the Internet through a router, you will need to use your router IP address. Cerberus will automatically detect it and display it at startup as the 'WAN IP' address in the screen log. It should be the first thing listed when Cerberus FTP Server starts up, assuming you have 'Detect WAN IP at Startup' enabled from the 'General' tab of the Server Manager.

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