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There are three ways to allow guest users to download, upload or view files in dedicated directories of your account:
FTP Sub-Accounts
(version 2.06 and higher)
The simplest way to authorize your friends or colleagues to work with
particular directories of your account is to create FTP sub-accounts.
An FTP sub-account is a combination of a username and a password,
which gives full FTP permissions to a single directory, without giving
access to the root directory, other directories or the control panel. No
dedicated IP is required for FTP sub-accounts. Although each FTP
sub-account has a login which is different from yours, both
have the same ID.
To create a new FTP sub-account, go to your control panel and
click the FTP/User Account menu. On the page that appears,
find FTP sub-accounts and click the Add icon on the right.
Next, enter the FTP login and password that will be used by this other
user, and the directory this user will be restricted to.
FTP sub-account traffic is a part of the Total/Summary
traffic, but you can always see how much FTP traffic has been run up by
an individual FTP sub-account by clicking the Edit icon next to the
subaccount login.
Virtual FTP Server
Virtual FTP server provides ampler possibilities than FTP sub-accounts.
It allows to give access to more than one directory, specify a different
set of permissions for each directory, etc.
To provide Virtual FTP Access, do the following:
Step 1: Enable Virtual FTP Server
Select FTP in the FTP/User Account menu:
By default, Virtual FTP Server is disabled:
It can be enabled only if you have a dedicated IP.
Initially you have a shared IP. To obtain a dedicated IP address,
go to the Domain Settings page and click the Change
to Dedicated IP link. For more details on the difference
between dedicated IP and shared IP, read here.
After you have obtained a dedicated IP, your FTP page will
look as follows:
where:
Domain name: the domain name used by guest users
to connect to your Virtual FTP Server, alternatively to
the IP address.
FTP: the OFF button shows that your Virtual
FTP Server is disabled. Read the next
paragraph on the Virtual FTP Server.
Anonymous FTP: the tool that allows guest users
to connect to your Virtual FTP directories, view, download
or upload files. By using the special user-id "anonymous",
the guest user will bypass security checks and have access
to files in your Virtual FTP directory. Read below
on Anonymous FTP access.
Step 2: Add New Virtual FTP Host
Now that you have obtained a dedicated IP, click the FTP
ON/OFF button to create a new Virtual FTP host:
This will open a new window:
where:
Main Login Name: your login to connect to your
Virtual FTP server. It's always the same as your FTP User
login. You can get to your Virtual FTP server by the domain
name or the dedicated IP it is mapped with.
Home Directory: the directory on the server where
all your files are located.
Main Password: the password to access your Virtual
FTP server. It's always the same as your FTP User password.
Name of the Server: the name that will appear
in the welcome message when guest users connect to your
Virtual FTP server.
E-mail of the Administrator: enter an e-mail by
which guest users can reach you with their questions or
comments.
Step 3: Configure FTP Virtual
Host
Now Virtual FTP Server is installed and you can view or edit
its configuration by clicking the Edit icon that has
appeared next to the FTP ON/OFF button for the selected
domain.
This will open the Virtual FTP host page:
where:
Main Login Name: your login to connect to your
Virtual FTP server. It's always the same as your FTP User
login. You can get to your Virtual FTP server by the domain
name or the dedicated IP it is mapped with.
Home Directory: the directory on the server where
all your files are located.
Main Password: the password to access your Virtual
FTP server. It's always the same as your FTP User password
Name of the server: the name that will appear
in the welcome message when guest users connect to your
Virtual FTP server.
E-mail of the administrator: your e-mail by which
users can reach you with their questions or comments.
IP Address of the FTP Server: the dedicated IP
of your Virtual FTP server used by authorized or anonymous
FTP users, alternatively to your domain name.
Virtual FTP Traffic: This traffic is generated
by all your anonymous/authorized FTP users. Click the
limit value or the Edit icon next to the
limit value to set the monthly Virtual FTP traffic you
expect to run up using the FTP server IP address:
The traffic that goes beyond this limit will be charged
at a higher excess rate.
Virtual FTP Users: guest users authorized to use
your FTP directory. To add guest users who will be authorized
to use your FTP directory click the Add icon. To
change password for a specific guest user, click this
user's name or the Change icon. The following window
will appear:
Virtual FTP Directories: click the Add icon
to create a folder you can share with your guest Virtual
FTP users. To edit the list of authorized users or permissions
to this directory, click the directory name or the Edit
icon (see more).
Anonymous FTP: click the ON/OFF button to enable
or disable anonymous FTP access to your Anonymous FTP
directory which will be created automatically in your
root. Anonymous FTP visitors will be able only to view
and download the files from this directory.
Anonymous FTP Upload Facilities: click the ON/OFF
button to create/remove the directory within your Anonymous
FTP directory (see above) to enable your anonymous FTP
visitors to upload the files. After the upload, these
files will be accessible only for you. Be aware that this
directory can be created only when Anonymous FTP access
is activated.
Step 4: Create Virtual FTP Directories
To create a new virtual FTP directory, enter the directory
name and set permissions:
Directory: The directory will be created relative
to root, i.e. your home directory. For example, if you enter
Dir1, this directory will be created right in the root.
To modify this default, you should also include the path,
for example UserDirs/Dir1.
Permissions:
Read: allow or forbid downloading files in the Virtual
FTP directory.
Write: allow or forbid uploading files to the Virtual
FTP directory.
List: allow or forbid viewing / browsing the contents
of the directory. It is usually used jointly with Read.
Grant Permissions to all users:
If you set this property as checked, all virtual FTP
users will be granted the permissions you are setting.
If you leave this property unchecked, you will have to
define which of your FTP users will be granted these permissions.
For instructions see the next paragraph.
Step 5: Authorize Virtual FTP Users
To edit permissions to the directory, click the name of
the directory or the Edit link. You will be taken to
the Update Virtual FTP Directory page:
If you don't grant permissions for all users, you will have
to authorize each user individually by clicking the Add
icon in the Authorized users section. Here you
can add and remove users authorized to work with this directory
and change their passwords.
Anonymous FTP Access
When you enable Anonymous FTP, you give unrestricted FTP
access to a dedicated directory in your account. A special directory
is automatically created in your root directory, and its content can
be viewed and downloaded, but not uploaded.
Anonymous FTP becomes available only after you create a Virtual
FTP server. You can enable or disable Anonymous FTP access
either from the FTP page or from the Virtual FTP
Host page by clicking the ON/OFF button in the
Anonymous FTP section.
If you want anonymous FTP users to upload files, you
have to enable Anonymous FTP Upload Facilities by clicking
the ON/OFF button. NOTE: This section will appear on
the Virtual FTP Host page only after you have activated
Anonymous FTP. When you enable Anonymous FTP Upload Facilities,
a special directory is automatically created in the Anonymous
FTP directory.
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