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phpftpwho is a program written in PHP that tells you the status of your local FTP server. It uses the unix/linux command ftpwho and formats and displays the information. The program is licensed under the GPL license.
phpftpwho Requirements
A webserver, Apache is a great one.
A recent version of PHP.
The FTP server Proftpd.
A Unix/Linux operating system.
Install Apache Webserver with PHP Support
If you want to install Apache Webserver with PHP Support check here
Install Proftpd Server
If you want to Install Proftpd Server check here
Install phpftpwho
Note :- phpftpwho must be installed on the same machine that is running Proftpd server.
Download phpftpwho from here using the following command in apache web server root document folder (/var/www)
#wget http://www.rivetcode.com/files/phpftpwho/phpftpwho-0_9.tar.gz
Now you have tar.gz file you need to extract using the following command
tar xzvf phpftpwho-0_9.tar.gz
Now you should be having phpftpwho folder in your apache root document folder(/var/www)
If you want to access your phpftpwho program you need to go to http://yourserverip/phpftpwho
Now you need to login into the ftp server and refresh your phpftpwho page you should see similar to the following screen
Security configuration
If you want to configure security for phpftpwho you need to create a .htaccess file under phpftpwho folder in /var/www/ so that any one who is trying to access this page it will prompt for username and password.
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