I mapped a virtual directory under Default FTP Site in MMC to this sub-directory. So that I wouldn't have to maintain a collection of authorized users (NT ids in the company domain), I set up a User account in USRMGR on the server with the intention that it be shared by the community. I included it in the Users group. I then went to the sub-directory in Windows Explorer and gave this User account Change permission for the folder.

When I attempted to use WS_FTP32 to connect to the sub-directory, I found that all attempts using the User account, password and virtual FTP directory failed. If I gave a specific NT id Change access for the sub-directory then I could connect with that id. I recreated the User account and virtual FTP directory on another, non-FrontPage server and was able to connect there.

Is there something about local User accounts that is incompatible with the FrontPage environment? Is there a better way to enable a changing group of people to move files into a FrontPage site without using FrontPage?

Wage Slave

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Originally posted by Wage Slave:
Is there a better way to enable a changing group of people to move files into a FrontPage site without using FrontPage?

Wage Slave

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there's a couple of ways you can go. 1 is to configure the client and server to use the WEBDav protocol but the server would have to be running w2k with IIS5.0 and the clients would need MS office 2000 with the web publishing wizard.

2) if your e-mail system is exchange you can set up a public folder they can save to then link to the public folder from the intranet.

3) if your intranet is completely behind a firewall along with the rest of your file servers you can put the files in a shared directory and link to it.

as for your ftp connection, if your going to let anyone post set it to any-mouse access on the iis side then on the ntfs side add the iusr computer name to the folder and set your permissions accordingly and see if this works.

also, check this out:
http://forums.windrivers.com/cgi-bin/forum3/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=14&t=000642

hope this helps...

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[This message has been edited by storm (edited 04-25-2001).]

[This message has been edited by odyssey (edited 04-25-2001).]

As per the article, all I had to do was create a local Group, add it to the list for the Log On Locally user right, and add the local User to the group. I then gave the group Change authority for the subdirectory to which the FTP connection was mapped.

FTP using the local user account now works.

Wage Slave