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campus - FTP-server for BeOS®

campus: Frequently Asked Questions

Question 1: Passive mode does not work, what is wrong ?

If passive mode does not work ypu have a problem with your network settings. To make sure that the passive mode works correctly be sure that the BeOS® knows the hostname of your machine! To test this type

ping <hostname>

in the Terminal application.<hostname> must be substituted by the name you entered in the Network Preferences panel, for example www.stegemann.net. The system should output something like this:

PING www.stegemann.net: 64 byte packets
64 bytes from 207.96.75.130: icmp_seq=0. time=5. ms
64 bytes from 207.96.75.130: icmp_seq=1. time=1. ms
64 bytes from 207.96.75.130: icmp_seq=2. time=3. ms
You can also use campus to make sure that the passive mode will work. Start campus from the Terminal and watch the output. If passive mode is not possible you will see a message saying campus: Cannot resolve hostname, passive mode will not work. Please specify a full qualified hostname (FQN).

If either ping or campus reports a problem the network settings are not correct. A possible solution is to enter the IP address of your machine in the file /boot/beos/etc/hosts. To do this enter a line in the file stating the IP address followed by the hostname and any aliases for the host. All fields are separated by a space or tab. For example:

207.96.75.130 stegemann.net www.stegemann.net

Another solution is to give campus the full hostname (that is with the domain) in the configuration. See Configuration for details.

Question 2: I cannot acces my ftp server with NetPositive. Why ?

NetPositive uses passive mode to access the ftp server so check if passive mode is working correctly. See Question 1.

Question 3: The preferences program complains about a missing gui configuration

The preferences program is looking for the GUI configuration file campus_settings_gui in /boot/home/config/settings/fGUI. Make sure that the file is in that directory.

Question 4: The preferences program starts, but the window is very small and empty.

The preferences program is unable to find the fGUI addon, named fGUI_Be.so. It should be located in /boot/home/config/add-ons/fGUI. Make sure that the add-on is in that directory.

Question 5: No change I make to the configuration file seems to have any effect.

Be sure that the built-in ftp server is disabled. Open the Network settings and click on the Services tab. Then check that the checkbox FTP server is unchecked.

Question 6: What is a download/upload ratio and how does it work ?

A download/upload ratio (DUR) is the proportion between the number of bytes the user can download for every byte that she has uploaded. This can be used if you want to make sure that people not only download from your site and generate traffic without you getting any reward. With a ratio only someone who first uploads something is allowed to download files from your server.


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Created: March 4, 1998. Last modified: March 31, 2002.