that's what ssh is for

if you have ssh externally available, you can tunnel anything through it

look into setting up samba
if you want a GUI - install SWAT or WEBMIN

use KTorrent. it is much more stable, and has no problems

in that case you need to read up on general DNS and on bind/djb (whatever you are using there) to set up your server properly. until you do that - IP only

and you manage your own DNS, or does the provider do that for you?

dig or nslookup

is there a published A record for the server?

the usual failover cluster architecture contains the nodes and a central storage box attached to the nodes. if a node dies, another node takes over, using the same storage, so data consistency is...

well, if you create a failover cluster, you still need centralised storage, which, again, is a single point of failure :)

what kind of cluster are you looking for? failover or load balancing I mean

I have seen a great guide from IBM on how to set up Apache load balancing cluster on RHEL, could be just possible squid...

apt-get install dist-upgrade

If you are running iptables and your clients use non-passive FTP (like Internet Explorer), you also have to make sure the ip_conntrack_ftp kernel module is enabled. This module takes care of...

g'nite, mate

I'm off to sleep - setting up a room full of blades tomorrow

this is not user creation, this is changing the ftp user's shell to /bin/true instead of bash. just a security setting.

the link I sent you earlier shows how to set up ftp to use user directory...

where and how do you configure the ftp users? say, if you need to add ftpuser2, how do you do that?

did you do "useradd ftpuser1" to create the user, and now when you try to log onto the ftp server the user that can login is ftpuser1 with his passwd?

this site is too slow, do you have some kind...

are you using the linux internal clients to authenticate to ftp?

what is the client backend? unix users, sql, tdb?

can you ftp from the proper ftp client?

have you looked at http://howtoforge.com/proftpd_mysql_virtual_hosting and the other step by step configs there? setting up FTP is very easy

http://download.pureftpd.org/pub/pure-ftpd/doc/README.Configuration-File

http://howtoforge.com/howtos/ftp

will, since it is past midnight now and I have to work tomorrow, I will be able to help you tomorrow, if I have the time

anyhow, a good idea would be to get onto howtoforge.com - there are lots of...

of course, all of them can be configured to point to an arbitrary directory in the FS and even be chrooted.
and if the read only browsing with a web browser will not need authentication you're...

apache can display and browse through files in a directory. I think that is enabled by default. so if you point it to the ftp root - it will display everything and let you click and download the...

can you, in detail, describe what exactly you want the server to do?

http://www.outoforder.cc/projects/apache/mod_ftpd/docs/

this is the documentation you might need. though as I said - there is no need to reinvent the wheel, when there are perfectly good ftp...

I have set up many linux servers with apache as http server and vsftpd/proftpd/wu-ftpd as ftp servers

apache is NOT and ftp server though.

the ftp will have nothing to do with the apache VD. it's just a service. if you want it's name to be known as ftp.domain.com instead of www.domain.com you just need to add the ftp.domain.com A record...

the best way to go is to set up a normal ftp server besides Apache. these things are to be used as intended.

here is the description: http://incubator.apache.org/ftpserver/

since this is a...

logmein. VNC is good, but it requires the customer to open ports, while logmein works through http.
if you are prepared to buy the tool, you should also consider webex - much more professional...

sorry man, can't understand the language. anyhow, as I said - your smarthost provider should provide support for this setup

the smarthost is a relay for your emails.

anyhow, when running a server, any server, a static IP is not even an advantage, it's a requirement.

you mean statically assigned I presume?

thing is, so many spammers and zombie bots use dynamic IPs, normal MTA systems are set to automatically drop connections from non static IPs. so you need a...

your router is the gateway right? that IS your static route already

sorry then, can't be much of help

and the solaris is a must? doing this under linux is a breeze

to put is simply - you are using a smarthost. your provider should be able to support you on setting it up.
as for the sending problem, if the config is good, you might be blocked by antispam...

well, copy things over a network then