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Title: FTP Access to root of SME 8 Server
Post by: Bud on November 16, 2012, 08:36:30 AM

guys i do appreciate all the help from the team

i need (as admin on sme 8 servers) full ftp access to the root of an sme 8 server(s)

i have installed and setup a sme 8 server as per http://wiki.contribs.org/FTP_Access_to_Ibays (http://wiki.contribs.org/FTP_Access_to_Ibays)

however i need access to the root of the sme 8 server

how would i go about doing this

any help greatly appreciated

Title: Re: FTP Access to root of SME 8 Server
Post by: Stefano on November 16, 2012, 09:23:04 AM

sftp via ssh

Title: Re: FTP Access to root of SME 8 Server
Post by: Bud on November 16, 2012, 10:34:22 AM

Stefano thanks for your help

is there any way a user can have ftp (via a web browser) access to a folder in the root of an sme 8 server eg: /folder1

anu help appreciated

Title: Re: FTP Access to root of SME 8 Server
Post by: janet on November 16, 2012, 12:52:43 PM

Bud

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is there any way a user can have ftp (via a web browser) access to a folder in the root of an sme 8 server eg: /folder1

Assuming you mean write access, No.
It even tells you that in the Manual, refer to the section about uploading files using ftp.
http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter14#Accessing_the_i-bays

If you want write access you need to use a client such as WinSCP (that allows you to issue the cd command), ideally used in conjuntion with the smeserver-remoteuseraccess contrib

As FTP is insecure, you should also use SFTP
http://wiki.contribs.org/SFTP

You should also search these Forums on sftp as there have been a few good posts describing it all in detail & the use of smeserver-remoteuseraccess contrib to "jail" the ftp user, go back a few years.

Title: Re: FTP Access to root of SME 8 Server
Post by: CharlieBrady on November 16, 2012, 04:30:30 PM

Quote from: Bud on November 16, 2012, 08:36:30 AM

i need (as admin on sme 8 servers) full ftp access to the root of an sme 8 server(s)

Why do you (think you) need that?

Title: Re: FTP Access to root of SME 8 Server
Post by: Bud on November 17, 2012, 06:43:50 AM

thanks all for the replies

sorry guys i wasn't thinking there for a moment. ( CharlieBrady - Why do you (think you) need that? )

i am making things over complicated.

thanks for your help, much appreciated.