FTP user login to specific directory

[Guest Matt]

First off I did not know where I should post this so I apologize if it's in

the wrong area.

 

I had a qestion about FTP users. I have an FTP directory set up on my

server where users can log on drop files etc.. I have one user who I want to

log into a different shared directory on that server by using the same ftp

path. Is there somewhere in a user profile i could make this users ftp login

go to a specific directory... ie... \\servername\shared folder? So he would

do the same steps as everyone else, go to a browser, type in ftp address,

enter username/password and just for him it would re direct to the other

directory.

 

If this is not possible what could be a possible alternative?

 

Server 2003

client on XP

 

Thank you in advance for any help with this.

Matt

[Guest Phillip Windell]

Re: FTP user login to specific directory

 

"Matt" <Matt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> path. Is there somewhere in a user profile i could make this users ftp

> login

> go to a specific directory... ie... \\servername\shared folder? So he

> would

> do the same steps as everyone else, go to a browser, type in ftp address,

> enter username/password and just for him it would re direct to the other

 

Have a Folder or a Virtual Folder that is spelled the same way as the

username,....the user will automatically be dumped into that Folder as soon

as they login. There is nothing else to do,..it is the normal default

automatic behavor of the IIS based FTP Server.

 

For example: If you use Folder Redirection to redirect the uses My Document

to a location that is under the FTPRoot,...or if you redirect them elsewhere

but then create a Virtual Folder that points to the My Folder that contains

their My Documents

 

That is just an example,...I'm not saying you should or should not do that.

 

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Phillip Windell

http://www.wandtv.com

 

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,

or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.

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[Guest Matt]

Re: FTP user login to specific directory

 

Thanks for the reply Philip.

 

My only problem would be I cannot use the users name as the folder. it is

attached to another program which needs it named a certain way. I want the

user to push a file to this program and it needs to be pushed from a database

which will log into our FTP by automatically and drop off the file.

 

I was hoping by not altering their login process i could have them login to

this directory automatically.

 

I may be mis-understanding but it seemed the way you spoke of would only

work if the flder was the same name?

 

"Phillip Windell" wrote:

> "Matt" <Matt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:A5E9D7A6-DF1E-4654-B0C5-0AF6DF089D00@microsoft.com...

> > path. Is there somewhere in a user profile i could make this users ftp

> > login

> > go to a specific directory... ie... \\servername\shared folder? So he

> > would

> > do the same steps as everyone else, go to a browser, type in ftp address,

> > enter username/password and just for him it would re direct to the other

>

> Have a Folder or a Virtual Folder that is spelled the same way as the

> username,....the user will automatically be dumped into that Folder as soon

> as they login. There is nothing else to do,..it is the normal default

> automatic behavor of the IIS based FTP Server.

>

> For example: If you use Folder Redirection to redirect the uses My Document

> to a location that is under the FTPRoot,...or if you redirect them elsewhere

> but then create a Virtual Folder that points to the My Folder that contains

> their My Documents

>

> That is just an example,...I'm not saying you should or should not do that.

>

> --

> Phillip Windell

> http://www.wandtv.com

>

> The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,

> or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.

> -----------------------------------------------------

>

>

>

[Guest Phillip Windell]

Re: FTP user login to specific directory

 

 

"Matt" <Matt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Thanks for the reply Philip.

>

> My only problem would be I cannot use the users name as the folder. it is

> attached to another program which needs it named a certain way.

 

Then use a Virtual Folder that is the same name as the user. The name of

the Virtual Folder does not have to match the name of the Physical Folder

that it points to,..it is kind of an "alias" type of thing. It should work

fine. You can have a whole "gob" of Virtual Folders that point to the same

Physical Folder (if you actually had a reason to do so).

 

--

Phillip Windell

http://www.wandtv.com

 

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,

or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.

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