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by luke

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Hi,

I have a client who has bought a virtual hosting plan with one ftp account. However, she wants an several classes full of students to be able to access the ftp under restricted permissions. Is there any way to password protect directories so that even though all of the students will be using the same actual account, they must know a password for each directory, prohibiting their accessing other students' work?

Most thankfully,
Luke

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by wlbowers

Most sites will charge you for multiple ftp accounts. With mine it is $1.50 per month for ftp and $4.50 for subfolder ftp. Weird huh.

Most sites will allow only a certain number of connections for each ftp account. With mine it is 5 connections at once.

So even if you can create multiple folders with password protection it will be difficult for everyone to log on and access.

I would suggest that she contact the provider and see if she can work some kind of deal for her students.

Good Luck Lee

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