Win2k3 FTP login accounts: how?

[Wild_Card]

I've had my FTP server up for about a week now, and I'd very much want/need to limit access to a select few. I dont want people from everywhere getting on. As well, I'd like to limit certain users to certain areas/priveledges. Now I know how to create and give permissions such as NTFS and such, but here Im stumped. I created several accounts and gave them permissions, but when I tryed to log in, I was told those accounts dont have permission.

Any help, much appreciated.

[degsy]

Are you using IIS?
What type of users do you want? just ones that have accounts on the PC?

I would recommend using third party FTP software such as Cerberus or FileZilla.

[Wild_Card]

Yea Im using IIS

[Wild_Card]

And the accounts are only for FTP, not for local/remote connections to the computer.

[degsy]

I would still recommend Cerberus or FileZilla. I find them easier to configure than IIS that relies on Windows User Accounts.

[Wild_Card]

I looked at FileZilla and I downloaded the server one. Perhaps the wrong one, I didnt know how to work it.

[degsy]

What problems are you having with it?
You just need to install it, run it and setup users and their folders.

[Wild_Card]

Kept asking me some some weird IP address. I'll download and try Cerberus.

[degsy]

Just use 127.0.0.1

[Wild_Card]

I was. I'll try again, having some weird hardware issues on the host system right now.

(For added "security" I decided to run the server within a VMWare virtual machine :D )

[degsy]

Co-incidentally, that is how I have Filezilla Server setup. Using 127.0.0.1 as the filezilla server IP and an internal 192 IP for the windows server itsself.

Works fine :)