asked on FTP External Users How? (Windows Stnadard Server 2019)
I have set up an FTP site on a Server Standard 2019 for external access.
How do I add external users that can log into the FTP site via a username/password combination.
Is it possible to do this without creating them as local network/domain users?
How do I add external users that can log into the FTP site via a username/password combination.
Is it possible to do this without creating them as local network/domain users?
FTPWindows Server 2019
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edhasted
FTP is a security hole eagerly waiting to be drilled bigger. (FTP traffic is unencrypted, including usernames and passwords!)
Use Secure FTP instead and do not permit unencrypted connections.
Use Secure FTP instead and do not permit unencrypted connections.
ASKER
So you're saying set them up as local users?
If this is not a DC you can set as Local or Domain Users. For Security reasons, Local are better.
If this is a DC... please don't enable FTP on a DC :-(.
If this is a DC... please don't enable FTP on a DC :-(.
ADDENDA: even better if it is not a Member Server. In this case your only choise is Local Users.
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Can I thank everyone for their help. The thing that came out of this interchange was the exposure opening up FTP even behind a controlled Firewall.
If you use a thrid party FTP Server such as FileZilla, rules change according to each Software.