Granting Permissions for FTP Folders

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You can grant permissions for any folder or virtual folder shown in their respective list. If you want all users on the FTP host to have permission for a folder, you can grant the permissions to everyone (this includes anonymous users). If you want users who log on anonymously to have permissions for a folder, you can grant the permissions to anonymous.

To grant permissions for a folder:

1. In the left pane, expand an FTP host, select Folders and select the folder from the list.
2. Click Edit. The folder properties appear.
3. In the User/Group list, select the user or user group for which you want to set or edit permissions. Click Edit. The Permissions dialog appears.
4. If the user or group is not already in the list, click Add. The Permissions dialog appears.

5. Select the user or user group from the list. The permissions for that item appear.
6. Select the Permissions options:

   No Permissions. No access to the folder. When logged on, the user or group will not see this folder.

   All Permissions. Read, Write, Delete, Rename, and List access.

   Read. The user can download files from the folder.

   Write. The user can upload files to the folder.

   Delete. The user can delete files and folders in the folder.

   Rename. The user can rename files and folders in the folder.

   List. The user can display a listing of the folder contents.

   Specified Permissions. The user or user group has the selected permissions.

7. Optionally, select another user or user group and set their
   permissions.
8. Click OK to save your changes.

To grant permissions for a virtual folder:

1. In the left pane, expand an FTP host, select Virtual Folders and select the virtual folder from the list.
2. Click Edit. The virtual folder properties appear.

   

3. In the User/Group list, select the user or user group for which you want to set or edit permissions. Click Edit. The Permissions dialog appears.
4. If the user or group is not already in the list, click Add. The Permissions dialog appears.
5. Select the Permissions options:

   No Permissions. No access to the folder. When logged on, the user or group will not see this folder.

   All Permissions. Read, Write, Delete, Rename, and List access.

   Read. The user can download files from the folder.

   Write. The user can upload files to the folder.

   Delete. The user can delete files and folders in the folder.

   Rename. The user can rename files and folders in the folder.

   List. The user can display a listing of the folder contents.

   Specified Permissions. The user or user group has the selected permissions.

6. Optionally, select another user or user group and set their
   permissions.
7. Click OK to save your changes.

Notes on granting permissions

• To set up an "upload" folder, you can grant Write permission only - this lets users upload a file or folder, but they cannot list the contents of the Upload folder and they cannot upload a file that has the same name as an existing file. You can add Delete permission if you want users to be able to overwrite an existing file.
• To set up a "download" folder, you can grant List and Read permissions - this lets users list the contents of the folder and download a file or folder.

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