OsX server ftp-server

HI,
I am struggling with the setup of the ftp-server under osX server (10.4.10)
Think I managed to get what I wanted pretty much by trial&error, however one thing is nagging me.
I disabled all sharepoints for FTP use, bot anonymous and registered, however when a user logs on, either registered or anonymous, he still sees aliasses (folder with the little arrow in the bottom-left corner of the icon) of all my shaprepoints.
I have tried to trash them, and restart the ftp server , however no joy
Is it possible to limit the view an ftp user get to those folders that have ftp access
Thanks
Pim

I thought the exact same thing but apparently not. I ended up having to install PureFTP to get this type of management. I was dissapointed in Apple on this as I was hoping for a GUI. You CAN do this through the command prompt if I'm not mistaken, but just need to google it.

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Hi, I need to ask a pretty simple thing, that for servers should be quite straight forward.
On OSX Server (ver.2.2.2) I can't find any advanced ftp management console. What I mean is that i have let's say three users:
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User "B": Project Manager 1
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In response to your other questions:
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Everyone retrieves and places files on to the array by connecting through gigabit ethernet to the powermac which is sharing the volume using a shareware program called sharepoints.
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Is it possible to put two seperate gigabit ethernet cards in everyone's computer for faster network transfers to and from the central storage?
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We transfer a lot of media files throught out the day, it adds a lot of overhead. We cant afford to go all out with xsan and fiberchannel switches. Does anyone have any suggestions that may improve the workflow.
What would be ideal is if our digitizers could capture a movie directly to the central storage array and our dvd authors can read the files directly from the array. My gut feeling is a gigabit network doesnt have the bandwidth for this.
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I doubt it. As long as the limited number of connections and lack of GUIs for the configuration aren't a problem, there isn't really much difference between client and server.
Is it possible to put two seperate gigabit ethernet cards in everyone's computer for faster network transfers to and from the central storage?
Not really. Trunking or bonding is connection based. In other words, one file goes over one wire, next file next wire. So if you're going to be transferring numerous files at once, it will benefit you, but if you're just transferring one big file, it won't.
Our remote employee has noted that downloads and uploads to our server via FTP are far slower than transfers she makes to other ftps. Currently 20k a sec is her top speed with an avg of 10. She was getting close to 100k/s with the FTP server we rent from Readyhosting. Will upgrading to osx server improve the speed of remote transfers, what about rumpus?
Have you checked the configuration of FTP thoroughly? FTP has the ability to limit how fast connections can transfer and this may be on accidentally.
We transfer a lot of media files throught out the day, it adds a lot of overhead. We cant afford to go all out with xsan and fiberchannel switches. Does anyone have any suggestions that may improve the workflow.
One other possibility is InfiniBand. It looks to be ~$1500/machine vs. ~$2100/machine for XSan.
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Judging by the number of posts in the XSan forum that frames are dropped with XSan, I would say that gig isn't going to cut it. It looks like one of these streams needs ~150 MB/s and that would be, to be solid, both controllers on an XRaid.
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Background information:
We have 3 printers setup on OSX Server 10.4.9.
All 3 are shared in the Print Server as IPP & SMB.
Windows Services are up and running as a PDC allowing users to login and use anything in their respective home folders from the Windows computers.
All computers are on the same network/subnet.
We have made no major changes to OSX Server at this point.
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i am happy to help to your problem .
first i would say you must read the Documentation. and you should familier with Mac Os installation System.
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