How can I place a pdf file on my ftp site so that users can download
it from my web site?

arod-ga,

Firstly, your FTP site needs to be capable of anonymous logins. You
would then need to place the file in the anonymous-login directory for
your system (this may be different for ws-ftp, ftpd-BSD, etc...). Once
this is setup you can then simply link to it like this:

<a href="ftp://www.mydomain.com/anon-ftp-dir/mypdf.pdf">Click
here!</a>

Alternatively, you can create an ftp account for users to use.  This
would require supplying your users with a login and password.  It is
NOT a good idea to include an ftp link with the username and password
enclosed, for example:

<a href="username:password@ftp://www.mydomain.com/anon-ftp-dir/mypdf.pdf">Click
here!</a>

This creates more security concerns than you want to deal with.

See the faq in reference 1 below for more information on Anonymous
FTP.

Hope this helps,

krobert-ga

References:

1) Anonymous FTP FAQ
   http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ftp-list/faq/


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