System Details

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This page displays system details for Ipswitch WS_FTP Server. These settings are server-wide and affect all hosts.

• System ID. The unique identifying number for this server is listed here. This number differentiates which server logged an event in a clustered environment.
• Install folder. This is the folder in which the Ipswitch WS_FTP Server program files are installed.

  Note: The only method of changing this directory is uninstalling Ipswitch WS_FTP Server and re-installing in a new directory.

• System folder. Enter or select the folder under which folders for each new host appear.

  Note: If you change the System directory, the location of existing host directories will not be changed.  The change only affects new hosts.

• Host separator. The character used to separate the username from the host name when users log in to the Ipswitch WS_FTP Server or the Ipswitch WS_FTP Server Manager. You can use any single character as the host separator.
• Default host. Select the host you want to serve as the default host when logging into the WS_FTP Server Manager, and when logging into the WS_FTP Server Web Transfer Client, which is an add-on module. If you log in as a user that belongs to this host, you only have to enter the username and password; the host separator and host name are not required.

  Note: The default host above is only used when you log in to the WS_FTP Server Manager, and when logging into the WS_FTP Server Web Transfer Client. This default host has no relationship to the default host that is specified on each listener.

• Date format. Sets the date display format for all of the WS_FTP Server Manager pages that display the date, and sets the format for text boxes where you can enter a date. Once you select a date format, the WS_FTP Server Manager will verify a date that you enter against the selected format.

  Note: These settings are cached by WS_FTP Server for up to ninety seconds. Changes made to these settings are not recognized until the services are restarted or the cache expires.