how to connect to another webserver with ftp program

i have a computer of mine running a webserver (iis 4.0) and was wondering how i could connect to it from another computer to upload files using an ftp client.

in an attempt to try and figure this out...i am trying to connect from the from the computer running the webserver to its webserver

ip:localhost
port:80

i am not sure which username/password i am supposed to use though. do i have to set up seperate accounts for logging onto the iss webserver or just use the account names that windows uses? can someone please help.

FTP and HTTP are two different protocols. You can't, basically. You have to enable the FTP protocol, just like you have to enable IIS before you can use it. FTP is on the same basic panel as IIS, look there. It's services or something, I'm not going to look it up for you.

FTP will, I think, use the same accounts as your OS uses. Ie., use your log-in name and password to log in. You may be able to set up special accouts, enable guest log-in, or disable certain accounts over FTP, dunno, never tried it, just click on stuff and see what you find.

thanks for the reply.

are you sure windows has built-in software to run an ftp server? i checked in the add/remove components and didnt see anything. i think im just going to raidenFTPD but am interested in knowing if it is possible to run a windows ftp server without installing thirdparty software.

I'm running Windows 2000 Pro.

Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services

Scroll down to find "FTP Publishing Service". Right click. Select "Start".

YMMV.