DB13 define backup (backup-path to the external medium)

Hi!
I have one question regarding the DB13 (Backup-approach).
We have one external Storage e.g. NAS_STOR (accessible over FTP).
We have also defined the folder there e.g. SAPBACKUP.
The Access to the directory is defined by the user and password combination (of course).
When we would like to define e.g. "whole backup" in DB13 we can define the medium e.g. 
NAS_STOR\sap, but we have not possibilty to give the user and password.
I mean the whole value of the backup-directory would look like ftp://sap:Password@NAS_STOR
Can someone exactly describe the procedure to backup from DB13?
How should the backup-path in DB13 look like in our case?
Is there some additional steps to do, eg. with BR*TOOLS?
Should we edit some parameters in the inti<SID>.sap file?
Thank you very much!
regards

opwen a windows session use user SAPservice[SID], open a command prompt an type:
net use
NAS_SOTR\sap
if this conencts without error mesasge, you ar OK, if not, check authorizations on server
NAS_SOTR for sharename "sap"

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