create FTP users in windows server 2003
Hello,
I've been working with unix/linux where creating users with corresponding home directories is quite easy and straightforward. However, working with windows server 2003 under the same task is quite challenging and confusing.
I'd like to create home-dir for each windows 2003 users, and each on of them can access their home-dir via FTP only.
I have IIS intalled with "Default FTP site", root folder c:\public_data. Currently, i have one user "ftpuploader" who can access the folder above without problem.
I will need to create another user named "extra_uploader" to upload to c:\public_data\extra ONLY, no access to public_data.
At first, this is quite straightforward, I thought. Using COMPUTER MANAGEMENT to add user, use PROFILE tab to designate home-dir to be c:\public_data\extra.
However, using user "extra_uploader" to connect to my server via FTP still leads to "c:\public_data". I'm not sure what I might have missed.
Can you please help?
Thanks so much!
I was thinking about creating another FTP site. However, this would require the new site to listen on different port than 21, and my server only has 1 NIC though.
Thanks again!
I've been working with unix/linux where creating users with corresponding home directories is quite easy and straightforward. However, working with windows server 2003 under the same task is quite challenging and confusing.
I'd like to create home-dir for each windows 2003 users, and each on of them can access their home-dir via FTP only.
I have IIS intalled with "Default FTP site", root folder c:\public_data. Currently, i have one user "ftpuploader" who can access the folder above without problem.
I will need to create another user named "extra_uploader" to upload to c:\public_data\extra ONLY, no access to public_data.
At first, this is quite straightforward, I thought. Using COMPUTER MANAGEMENT to add user, use PROFILE tab to designate home-dir to be c:\public_data\extra.
However, using user "extra_uploader" to connect to my server via FTP still leads to "c:\public_data". I'm not sure what I might have missed.
Can you please help?
Thanks so much!
I was thinking about creating another FTP site. However, this would require the new site to listen on different port than 21, and my server only has 1 NIC though.
Thanks again!
There may be more elegant solutions but the only way I know of native to windows is to make the user's folder the exact same name as the user. That way when they log in to FTP they will automatically see that folder as the root.
Just to clarify the user's folder needs to be in your FTP root directory. So if c:\public_data is your FTP root, create a folder c:\public_data\extra_uploa
Then when "extra_uploader" logs in he will be dumped directly in c:\public_data\extra_uploa
Then when "extra_uploader" logs in he will be dumped directly in c:\public_data\extra_uploa
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thanks!
but are you sure of this method.
honestly, I'v never heard of it!
I tried as you suggested though, but it still directs my user to c:\public_data
but are you sure of this method.
honestly, I'v never heard of it!
I tried as you suggested though, but it still directs my user to c:\public_data
Yes I'm positive, I do it that way all the time. I don't now why it's not working for you.
There is the User Isolation feature but I've never done it that way.
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Creating-Configuring-FTP.html
There is the User Isolation feature but I've never done it that way.
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Creating-Configuring-FTP.html
Personally, I stay away from the windows default ftp stuff. Turn it off and download filezilla
http://filezilla-project.org/
Filezilla is a really simple 3rd party ftp server that you can configure really easily.
Setup each user point them to whatever shared directory you want.
http://filezilla-project.org/
Filezilla is a really simple 3rd party ftp server that you can configure really easily.
Setup each user point them to whatever shared directory you want.
Windows FTP requires windows user accounts. I dont like creating those. I prefer creating accounts via filezilla that have nothing to do with the operating system.
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thanks!! I 've never known that this would work in Win2k3