Howdie,
I have been running
a case with the WS_FTP-Server support team about having
problems authenticating with a remote Active Directory( 530 Invalid userid/password while I could see the users in the WS_FTP
Server Manager). The problem was apparently that the my W2K server
running WS_FTP server did not have sufficient rights. Ipswitch proposed me to
adapt in my Active Directory the following.
Click: Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers.1. Click on the Computers folder in the tree to the left.You will see a list of machines within the domain. Right click on the nameof the member server that WS_FTP Server is installed on and choose properties.2. Click on the Member Of tab.3. Click the Add button.4. Select Administrators, click Add.5. Click OK in the windows to close them.
This makes the problem go away, the problem is know that my
W2K specialist tells me that I am giving full rights to the WS_FTP Server
process. For example it could easily delete a part of the Active Directory as it
has the rights! Of course, we would like to avoid this and I am wondering if
nobody else found out a way to minimize the rights and still make this work. I
am asking this to the list as the R&D of Ipswitch apparently doesn't has
been testing Active Directory together with security
settings.
Mario Oosters
Senior Network Engineer @
Groupe S
Rue des Ursulines 2A, 1000
Brussel
Belgium
Tel : ++ 32 2 507 15 77
Fax : ++32 2 507 15 75
