Setting User Options

Setting User Options

The following sections describe the options you can set for an individual user.

User Directories and User Password

In the user properties, the User directory box shows the full path name to the user's folder. This folder has the same name as the User ID and is created under the users folder of the FTP host. The user can transfer files to and from this directory. When the user logs on, they are placed in this folder. By default, this is the only folder for which the user has full permissions. You can grant the user permissions for other folders by using the virtual folders feature.

The Password box shows the user's password in an encrypted form. You edit this box to change the password. The password can be from 2 to 30 characters.

Setting Logon, Public Directory, and Change Password Options

You can use the following options to set whether the user can access the FTP host, whether other users can access this user's public directory, and whether the user can change password from an FTP client.

In the left pane, expand the FTP host. Select Users. The users list appears in the right pane.
Select the user and click Edit. The User Options dialog appears.
If you do not want this user to be able to log on to the FTP host, select Disable Login. You can use this option to disable a Windows NT or IMail Server user's account without having to delete the user account from the Windows NT or IMail Server user databases. (The WS_FTP Server Manager cannot delete user accounts from either of these user databases.)
If you do not want other users to have permissions to this user's public directory, select Disable Public Access Directory.

If the user has a folder named public in their folder, all users (including anonymous users) have List and Read permissions to the folder. This allows the user to maintain their own public directory for transferring files. When any other user logs on to the FTP host, this public folder appears in the users folder (in the host's top directory) and has the same name as the User ID.

If you do not want this user to be able to change their password from an FTP client, select Disable Password Change.
Click Apply to save changes.

Setting File, Disk Space, and Bandwidth Quotas

You can set user global quotas for files, disk space, and bandwidth (the quotas apply to each user on the FTP host) or per individual user or user group. A user quota setting overrides a global (or host) quota setting as long as the user quota setting is not zero.

To set a global value for the FTP host, or for a user group:

In the left pane, expand the FTP host, then select the appropriate quota type: Quota Limits (for file quota or disk space quota) or Bandwidth Allocation.

To set global Quota Limits:

In the Max file count box, enter the maximum number of files a user can keep on the FTP host. This is the total number of files for each of the user's folders.
In the Max disk space box, enter the maximum number of bytes a user can consume on the FTP host's drives.

To set Quota Limits for a group:

Select the user group and click Edit. Make the entries in the Quota Group Management dialog.

To set global Bandwidth:

In the Max bandwidth box, enter the maximum bandwidth to allocate to the user. The maximum allowable bandwidth is 1,024,000 Kb per second.

To set Bandwidth Allocation for a group:

Select the user group and click Edit. Make the entry in the Bandwidth Group Management dialog.

Click Apply to save the settings.

To set the maximum number of files, maximum amount of disk space, or maximum badnwidth on a per user basis:

In the left pane, expand the FTP host. Select Users. The users list appears in the right pane.
Select the user and click Edit. The User Options dialog appears.
In each user's properties, set the quotas for the user.

Note: This setting overrides a global quota setting.

Setting Administrator Permissions

You can grant Host Administrator and/or System Administrator permissions to a user. These permissions determine what the user sees when they log on to the FTP host from an FTP client or when they log on to the FTP server from the Server Manager (for remote management) For information on remote management capabilities, see "Setting Up FTP Hosts".

To set administrator permissions:

In the left pane, expand the FTP host. Select Users. The users list appears in the right pane.
Select the user and click Edit. The User Options dialog appears.
Select Host Administrator to grant this user Host Administrator permissions. A Host Administrator has full permissions for all user folders on the FTP host, and has any permissions granted via virtual folders. In addition, the Host Administrator has remote management capabilities for the FTP host and all of its users, folders, and groups.
Select System Administrator to grant this user System Administrator permissions. A System Administrator has full permissions for their own folder, and has any permissions granted via virtual folders (just like a regular user). If you want the System Administrator to have access to all user folders, you need to also select Host Administrator. The System Administrator has remote management capabilities for all FTP hosts on the WS_FTP Server.
Click OK to save changes.

In the left panel, the user icon indicates the type of access the user has to the FTP Host's file system:

Normal user - has full permissions to their own folder and any other permissions assigned by the Host Administrator. User icon has black hair.
Host Administrator - User icon has gray hair.
System Administrator - User icon has white hair.
Disabled User - User icon has red hair.

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