I'm not sure if this is the correct groups to post in but its the
closest i could find, so i apologize in advance if it is not.

We have an FTP server here at our company office and we would like to
streamline or client access to the site and make it much cleaner and
easier for them. Basically right now how we do it is we give them the
following instructions:

type in ftp.XXXXX.com (where X is our company name)
Then select File > Login As and then they enter the username and
password we provide.

This does work, but its kind of a pain, and some of the clients
accessing the site are not exactly the most computer literate. We have
several vendors we work with who somehow have a much better setup. They
provide us a link in the email that automatically signs them in as a
specific user and brings them directly to the folder they need access
to. Even though they cant get into folders of other clients, a lot of
employees here find it discouraging that Client A can even see Client
B's folder, as they are competition.

Is this some kind of special software utility? i would understand if no
one here wants to take me step by step through this process if its
complicated, but does anyone here have a link to some site that can
help?

Thank you very much in advance!

Re: Help with FTP Server Links? by Daniel

Daniel
Thu Apr 06 08:15:47 CDT 2006

jeffhanson7183@hotmail.com wrote on 6 Apr 2006 05:40:22 -0700:

> I'm not sure if this is the correct groups to post in but its the
> closest i could find, so i apologize in advance if it is not.
>
> We have an FTP server here at our company office and we would like to
> streamline or client access to the site and make it much cleaner and
> easier for them. Basically right now how we do it is we give them the
> following instructions:
>
> type in ftp.XXXXX.com (where X is our company name)
> Then select File > Login As and then they enter the username and
> password we provide.
>
> This does work, but its kind of a pain, and some of the clients
> accessing the site are not exactly the most computer literate. We have
> several vendors we work with who somehow have a much better setup. They
> provide us a link in the email that automatically signs them in as a
> specific user and brings them directly to the folder they need access
> to. Even though they cant get into folders of other clients, a lot of
> employees here find it discouraging that Client A can even see Client
> B's folder, as they are competition.
>
> Is this some kind of special software utility? i would understand if no
> one here wants to take me step by step through this process if its
> complicated, but does anyone here have a link to some site that can
> help?
>
> Thank you very much in advance!

You could just send them the URL formatted link to get them straight in:

ftp://<loginname>:<password>@ftphost.domain.com

eg. if the name is Fred and the password is dreF, you could use:

ftp://Fred:dreF@ftphost.domain.com

Of course, that means you're sending out login details in clear text in
emails, but if you're doing that anyway it's not going to make any
difference.

Dan



Re: Help with FTP Server Links? by jeffhanson7183

jeffhanson7183
Thu Apr 06 11:37:19 CDT 2006

wow thank you so much i really appreciate it!


Re: Help with FTP Server Links? by jeffhanson7183

jeffhanson7183
Thu Apr 06 12:38:55 CDT 2006

ok, i just tried that but im confused... where in that link to i
specify the directory, or can i not do that?

i just tried ftp://user.password@ftphost.companyname.com

and it didnt do anything... unless i misread your post, but thank you
in advance again!


Re: Help with FTP Server Links? by Bernard

Bernard
Thu Apr 06 23:48:03 CDT 2006

it should be ftp://user:password@yourserver.com/path/file.bla

username : password

not .

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<jeffhanson7183@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> ok, i just tried that but im confused... where in that link to i
> specify the directory, or can i not do that?
>
> i just tried ftp://user.password@ftphost.companyname.com
>
> and it didnt do anything... unless i misread your post, but thank you
> in advance again!
>