File Server

The mIRC fileserver allows other users to access files on your hard disk and is therefore dangerous since if used improperly it will allow them to access private/confidential information.

The /fserve command

A fileserver is initiated by using the /fserve command which initiates a DCC Chat to the specified user.

/fserve <nickname> <maxgets> <homedir> [textfile]

nickname is the user's nickname.

maxgets is the maximum number of simultaneous dcc gets that a user can have during a fileserver session.

homedir is the home directory that contains the files and directories that you want to allow the user to access.

textfile is a text file that contains a welcome message that is displayed to the user when they first connect.

/fserve goat 5 server welcome.txt

The above command will initiate a filserver session to user goat, with a maximum of five simultaneous dcc gets, the homedir as server, and will send goat the welcome message in the welcome.txt file.

In each directory, you can place a dirinfo.srv file which describes that directory. Each time the user performs a CD to change into a directory, mIRC will look for this file and if it finds it, the text in it will be sent to the user.

Fileserver commands

The commands available to a user connected to your fileserver are:

cd <directory> - change to the specified directory.

dir [-b|k] [-#] [/w] - lists the name and size of each file in the current directory. The /w switch forces a wide listing. The [-b|k] selects bytes or k's. The [-#] specifies the number of files on each line in a horizontal listing.

ls [-b|k] [-#] - lists the name of each file in the current directory using a wide listing.

get <filename> - asks the fileserver to DCC Send the specified file.

read [-numlines] <filename.txt> - reads the specified text file. The user will be sent a default of 20 lines and then prompted whether to continue listing. The -numlines option changes the default number of lines to a value between 5 and 50.

help - lists the available commands.

exit or bye - terminates the connection.

Note:

1. If a directory has a large number of files try to split them up into subdirectories, this will improve performance.

2. If a user is idle for too long the fileserver will automatically close the connection. You can set the idle time out in the DCC Options dialog.

3. A user is limited to opening a single fileserver session at any one time. If mIRC initiates a fileserver session to a user and that user does not respond then the fileserver session will have to time-out and close before that user can ask for another session.