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FTP User Access Windows 2K SBS

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by djdustb

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USing IIS in WI2K SBS I am having problems getting a normal domain user to access my default FTP area. Anonymous login works fine as will an account with Domain\admin rights. However a user that I want to have just access to FTP folders cannot be logged in unless it is made to be admin. The folder and local security is not the issue here as the user/group has access as needed.

The server is also my domain controller, the account was created on this using Active directory, and the local security policy has been editted to allow the user/group to log on locally.

Am i missing something obvious? Where am I going wrong? Can I use FTP with confidence with only Anonymous logins enabled?

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by cg it

First is a question. Do you use ISA server with W2K SBS [it comes with it]. If you are, what probably is happening is ISA server is causing the problems.

Note: Local security policy is for the computer a users logs on to. Local Domain Security is for the domain wide premissions. If ISA server isn't causing the problem, then it most likely is the domain security policy. Users need to be members of the domain users group, and that group needs to have permissions set for accessing the FTP server.

Also, No, you cant use FTP with confidence with only annonymous logins.

by djdustb

Thank you for your help. I have solved the problem now. And feel daft for how long it has taken for me to work this out.

The user in question was a member of Domain\users and an FTp group I had not made, but was NOT a member of domain\builtin.

I was comparing this acount against my account which had domain admin rights and so had no need to be included in domain\builtin. My only defence is no-one spotted this in my building!!

Thanks for the help.

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