Specifications

Home Folder Only
When you choose the “Home Folder Only” option, authenticated users are conned to
their home folders and do not have access to the FTP root or other FTP share points,
as shown in the following illustration:
bin
etc
system
Library
Data
Volumes
FTP server
FTP root
Reports
Betty
Bob
Users
Projects
Photos
FTP share point
incorporated
within virtual root
Data
Photos
Share point
Symbolic link
Looks like “/ ”
to anonymous
FTP users
Anonymous users and users without home folders still have access to the FTP root but
cannot browse FTP share points.
On-the-Fly File Conversion
FTP service in Mac OS X Server enables users to request compressed or decompressed
versions of information about the server.
A le-name sux such as “.Z” or “.gz” indicates that the le is compressed. If a user
requests a le named “Hamlet.txt” and the server only has a le named “Hamlet.txt.Z,”
the server knows that the user wants the decompressed version, and delivers it to the
user in that format.
In addition to standard le compression formats, FTP in Mac OS X Server can read
les from Hierarchical File System (HFS) or non-HFS volumes and convert the
les to MacBinary (.bin) format. MacBinary is one of the most commonly used le
compression formats for the Macintosh operating system.
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