Specifications

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FTP Users
FTP supports two types of users:
• Authenticated users. These users have accounts on your server (and might even
have their home directories stored on the server). Some FTP software refers to these
as real users. An authenticated user must provide a user name and password to
access server files using FTP. You use the Accounts module of Workgroup Manager to
review or set up authenticated users.
• Anonymous users. These users do not have accounts on your server. They are also
called guest users (for example, in Workgroup Manager when you set up an FTP share
point). An anonymous user can access the FTP directories on the server files using
the common user name “anonymous” and their email address, which may be
fictitious, as their password. You use the General pane of FTP service settings in
Server Admin to allow anonymous access to your server.
The FTP Root Directory
The FTP root directory (or simply FTP root) is a portion of your server’s disk space set
aside for FTP users. When you first install the server software, the FTP root is set to
/Library/FTPServer/FTPRoot. You can change the FTP root; see “Changing the FTP Root
Directory” on page 87.
FTP User Environments
Mac OS X Server lets you choose from three different FTP environments that give users
access to some combination of the FTP root directory, other FTP share points, and user
home directories:
• FTP root and Share Points.
• Home Directory with Share Points
• Home Directory Only
Share points in this case are any share points you have set up in Workgroup Manager
to be shared using FTP.
Home directories are the home directories of users who have accounts on the server.
You can choose the user environment for your server in the Advanced pane of the FTP
service settings in Server Admin. See “Changing Advanced Settings” on page 85.