GuildFTPd Getting Started - Local Directory Setup

Before we set up users and options in GuildFTPd, we should set up some local directories that will hold the files we share in GuildFTPd.

Let's start by creating a new folder.

STEPS	NOTES
Open My Computer or Windows Explorer	Use the one you prefer.
Open the drive you want to create your root folder in.	Your choice. Our example will use C:
Click the File menu and select New -> Folder.
Name it FTPdir.
You should now see a new directory named FTPdir.	In our example, this will be accessible to GuildFTPd as C: \FTPdir

Ok, now you've got a data directory set up that can be used for GuildFTPd. Now, let's set up some subdirectories [These will hold files, after we set up Virtual Directories, later in the setup].

We're going to set up the following directories:
C: \FTPdir \root
C: \FTPdir \pub
C: \FTPdir \upload

STEPS	NOTES
Open My Computer or Windows Explorer	Use the one you prefer.
Open the drive you created FTPdir in.	We used C:
Open the FTPdir directory.
Click the File menu and select New -> Folder.
Name it root.
You should now see a new directory named root.	In our example, this will be accessible to GuildFTPd as C: \FTPdir \root
Click the File menu and select New -> Folder.
Name it pub.
You should now see a new directory named pub.	In our example, this will be accessible to GuildFTPd as C: \FTPdir \pub
Click the File menu and select New -> Folder.
Name it upload.
You should now see a new directory named upload.	In our example, this will be accessible to GuildFTPd as C: \FTPdir \upload

Example of FTPdir and subfolders:

Ok, we've now got some directories set up that we can use with GuildFTPd.

Now, let's set up some users in GuildFTPd.

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