Specifications

Creating an FTP Uploads Folder for Anonymous Users
The uploads folder provides a place for anonymous users to upload les to the FTP
server. It must exist at the top level of the FTP root folder and be named “uploads.”
If you change the FTP root folder, the uploads folder must also be changed.
To create an uploads folder for anonymous users:
1 Use the Finder to create a folder named “uploads” at the top level of your server FTP
root folder.
2 Set privileges for the folder to permit guest users to write to it.
From the command line:
You can also set up an FTP upload folder using the mkdir and chmod commands
in Terminal.
1 Create a folder named “uploads” at the top level of your server FTP root folder:
$ sudo mkdir /Library/FTPServer/FTPRoot/uploads
2 Set privileges for the folder to permit guest users to write to it:
$ chmod o + w /Library/FTPServer/FTPRoot/uploads
Changing the FTP User Environment
Use the Advanced pane of FTP service settings to change the user environment.
To change the FTP user environment:
1 Open Server Admin and connect to the server.
2 Click the triangle at the left of the server.
The list of services appears.
3 From the expanded Servers list, select FTP.
4 Click Settings, then click Advanced.
5 From the “Authenticated users see” pop-up menu, choose the type of user
environment you want to provide:
Use “FTP Root with Share Points” to set up the Users folder as a share point. Â
Authenticated users log in to their home folders, if they’re available. Authenticated
and anonymous users can see other users’ home folders.
Use “Home Folder with Share Points” to log authenticated FTP users in to their home Â
folders. They have access to home folders, the FTP root, and FTP share points.
Use “Home Folder Only” to restrict authenticated FTP to user home folders. Â
6 Click Save.
Regardless of the user environment you choose, access to data is controlled by the
access privileges that you or users assign to les and folders.
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