Specifications

82 Chapter 5 FTP Service
Server Security and Anonymous Users
Enabling anonymous FTP poses a security risk to your server and data because you
open your server to users that you do not know. The access privileges you set for the
files and folders on your server are the most important way you can keep information
secure.
Anonymous FTP users are only allowed to upload files into a special folder named
“uploads” in the FTP root. If the uploads folder doesn’t exist, anonymous users will not
be able to upload files at all.
To ensure the security of your FTP server, by default anonymous users cannot:
• Delete files
• Rename files
• Overwrite files
• Change permissions of files
Setting Up FTP Service
You use the Server Admin application to set up and enable FTP service. Changes you
make to FTP service settings affect only new connections. Users who are currently
connected will not see the changes.