Knowledge Base

anonftp: Anonymous FTP Access

The anonftp utility is used to manage anonymous FTP access on
domains with physical hosting on a Plesk server. By using this utility,
you can perform the following tasks:

enabling/disabling the anonymous FTP access on a domain
restricting download bandwidth and the maximum number of simultaneous
FTP connections
managing the incoming directory properties
configuring welcome message displayed upon anonymous FTP user login

Usage

anonftp <command> <domain_name> [
<option_1> [<param>]
[<option_2> [<param>]]
... [<option_N> [<param>]]
]

Example

The following command enables the anonymous FTP service on the domain
example.com and enables displaying the login message with the text
“Welcome to FTP service” upon the anonymous FTP user login .

plesk bin anonftp --update example.com -status true -message true -message-text "Welcome to FTP service"

Commands

Command	Parameter	Description	Example
`--update` or `-u`	`<domain_name>`	Updates the anonymous FTP settings on a specified domain.	To enable downloading files from the incoming directory by users on the domain example.com: plesk bin anonftp --update example.com -status true -incoming-downloads true or plesk bin anonftp -u example.com -status true -incoming-downloads true