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akhils

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Adding an FTP user for a domain
« on: January 25, 2014, 12:18:09 pm »
Hi,

Please find the steps to add an FTP user for the domain under IIS.
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To install FTP, we recommend using Web Platform Installer. Install FTP from this page:

http://www.iis.net/download/FTP

(click the large "Install" button on that page. The FTP option is found under the Web Server section of Web Platform Installer)

Once installed on your server, go to the START menu, and in the search box, type "local users", then click on the link "Edit local users and groups"



The Local Users and Groups panel will then open. Right click on the "Users" folder, and select "New User..."



Add your new user:



To add the new user to an existing web site, open IIS Manager, select the web site, and click the 'Add FTP Publishing" link:

 

- Note: if you don't see this link, first install FTP Publishing Service 7.5:

1. Go to StartMenu and Select Microsoft Web Platform Installer

 2. Under the Web Platform tab, select customize and check off FTP Publishing Service 7.5



Configure the FTP site according to your preferences. In this example below, are are enabling Virtual Host Names so that you can set up FTP sites on the same IP address.



Click Next..

And on the next screen:

    set the Authentication mode to 'Basic'
    set 'Allow access to' to 'Specified users'
    enter the username you created earlier
    set permissions to Read and Write if this user should have both read and write permissions (required if you want them to
    be able to upload to the site)



Click Finish.

FTP USERNAME:

TO LOG IN, SINCE ARE USING VIRTUAL HOST NAMES, you must enter the FTP username in this format:  virtualhostname|username

For example, in the above steps we have a virtual host name of ftp.yourdomain.com, and a username of "user1", so the FTP username would be:
ftp.yourdomain.com|user1
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Thank you for your time. :)