Configuring FTP Server to Use Home Directories

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5 and 3.51
• Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5 and 3.51
• Microsoft Internet Information Server versions 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0

SUMMARY

This article describes how to configure your FTP server to provide individual home directories to FTP users.

MORE INFORMATION

Refer to Chapter 7 in the "Windows NT Server TCP/IP", pp 157 -170 to install and configure the FTP Server. Then create a subdirectory under the home directory for each of your FTP users and name that subdirectory the same as the user's name.

For example. if you were to specify E:\FTPHOME as your home directory, and had FTP user named Jerry, Gerald and Anonymous, simple create the following directories: E:\FTPHOME\JERRY, E:\FTPHOME\GERALD, and E:\FTPHOME\ANONYMOUS.

Users now FTPing into your server will automatically be placed in their own home directory. If you FTP into your server, you can confirm this by using the FTP command, "pwd", which displays your present working directory.

If the home directory is present on an NTFS partition, you may wish to assign "NO ACCESS" to the root of the home directory for all FTP users, "EXECUTE" to the home directory for all FTP users and full control to the FTP users home directory. This will prevent FTP users from accessing directories besides their own.

Additional information can be found by searching the Books On Line Chapter TCP/IP, Chapter 7

NOTE: All anonymous users will have the same home directory. In the example that would be: E:\FTPHOME\Anonymous.