IIS FTP questions

[ivwshane]

I've been looking for a really good gtp server and have been trying out different one's. I normally use war ftp daemon because of it's ease of use, specific file permissions, user creation, and general overall useability. Usually if something works for you, you shouldn't mess with it but I like to try new stuff. After trying out ws_ftp server, which didn't have the control war did, I've decided to try out IIS. I have a couple of questions though;

I have win2k server running and I'm assuming all the latest patches are installed and I have AD setup.
I want to give access to the ftp to only those that I specify, now my question is; What type of user account do I create for them? Should I use the guest account? The only access I want them to have is to the folders that I specify and nothing else.
Does IIS ftp server support resumeable downloads?



If anyone has tried both warftp and IIS which one do you prefer and why?

Thanks for any help or comments.

 

[Valhalla1]

if you are looking for easy to access and cool features, you will not be impressed by IIS. its useful as a large scalable and security integrated with your network, but for running personal servers it can be not as fun. i was used to G6, and i liked being able to see who is on, what they are doing, cap their speeds, see statistics, etc.

as for your question I'm not sure but I think the guest account or some other restricted account would be fine.. it does support resuming I am pretty sure

 

[err]

Yes, IIS 5 and up supports download resume.

You can create users in active directory and give that user NTFS permission on your folder. I would strongly urge to use groups instead of users for ease of management.

You can use any W2K regular account for FTP access.

Like valhalla said, IIS FTP sux. It is good for basic FTP use, but it is not as strong as war or serv-u ftp.

Have fun with it.

eRr

 

[mattbta]

I'd highly recommend Serv-U. I tried IIS and I couldn't get it to work right and it seemed quirky. Coulda been my fault, but I installed Serv-U and it worked immediately. It's fairly cheap ~$40 and works extremely well.

Good luck.

Try out the trial version of Serv-U for grins too. 🙂

 

[usmc666]

I would recommend Bulletproof FTP Server (formerly G6 FTP). Their website is (Link)

 

[Scarpozzi]

One thing about IIS that is good. IE is designed to support most features that IIS supplies... Such as, you can drag and drop files into a FTP window and upload to the server without having to have an FTP client. That makes it nice. As far as guest accounts with it. I would recommend setting up individual accounts, but limiting what they can do(in otherwords, don't make them admins or anything).

I've not used the other FTP servers, but I have to say that ServU is a fairly good FTP. I used to run it under Win 98 and was impressed with its ease of use and low system overhead (you can run it on 486 on Win 95 and it's a great FTP server). 😉