How Permissions Work
By default, users have the following permissions:
- User accounts - Each user has their own folder (with the same name as the User ID) where they can upload and download files and folders. They have full permissions to their folder. If you select Do not auto create user home folders in the User Properties, the user will have no folder of their own.
- Anonymous users - If you selected to allow anonymous access (in the FTP host's properties), any user can log on to the FTP host with a username of anonymous or ftp and a password that specifies their e-mail address (or no password).
- When a user logs on anonymously, they are placed in the top directory of the FTP host. Anonymous users can access any folders for which you have granted permissions to the special user group named anonymous.
- Public folders - If a user wants to make their folders or files available to other users, they can create a folder named public in their folder. When another user (or anonymous user) logs on to the FTP host, in the folder named users, they will see a folder for any user that has a public folder. For example, if the users fred and homer have public folders, another user will see a listing like the following:
- /fred
/homer
- You can disable access to a public folder by selecting Disable Public Access in the user's properties.
