(ot) FTP Servers with DB integration

Anyone out there have any experience with FTP server software that integrates with a external database for things like authentication and directory access? I need an FTP server where a user can log in using their web site username/password, and based on that information, have their FTP session chrooted to their specific file directory on the server. Windows. I investigated XLight FTP a few months back but had some problems and found their technical support to be less than stellar. Rick

----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more ----- Axway.com.  The whole purpose of their Gateway product is for B2B secure file transfer.  We use it to trade files between pharma companies and also to send files to the FDA.  Another, but pricey option, is to setup a point to point t1 to delivery only the messages or files to your trading partner directly.

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 10:54 AM, W > > Axway.com.  The whole purpose of their Gateway product is for B2B secure > file transfer.  We use it to trade files between pharma companies and also > to send files to the FDA.  Another, but pricey option, is to setup a point > to point t1 to delivery only the messages or files to your trading partner > directly. I think you misunderstood... We have a system where, among other things, users can upload files typically though a web-based file manager, they can upload photos through a gallery app, etc... those files are stored in a specific web directory for that user's site.  Stored physically on our server. We're just looking for a way to give them FTP access to those directories. So I need an FTP server SOFTWARE that can integrate with our SQL Server database for authentication and directory settings. R

Hi, Rather than looking for an FTP that uses a DB backend, how about an FTP server that stores the User accounts as text files, then on User change reset this file... From this http://forum.filezilla-project.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=11170 it would appear FileZilla Server uses text based user account storage. Kind regards Jedi On 31 August 2010 16:34, Rick Root <rick.root@gmail.com> wrote: ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

We have used GlobalScape EFT Server with success. http://www.cuteftp.com/eft/index.aspx It can authenitcate against Active Directory, LDAP , ODBC (database) and NTLM. The LDAP is only on the Enterprise version. As an added bonus, it has a COM interface that allows you to talk to it with CF. My experience with it is that it plays nice with CF. We got it to do all sorts of stuff. HTH G! ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

We got it to do basically the same thing you are looking to do (and more). Like I said we got it to play nice with CF and got it to do most FTP and administrative operations (Authenticate, create & delete Accounts etc.) programatically via the COM based API. HTH G! ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

> Anyone out there have any experience with FTP server > software that integrates with a external database for > things like authentication and directory access? Some editions of Serv-U can be set to use ODBC for authentication and user settings (like home directory and folder access, etc.).  We've been using it here and using SQL Server as the back-end for several years without any problems. -Justin

  You never mentioned the server OS and SQL type?  There's a ton of open source FTP daemons that will do this on the linux side, proftpd being one of them. Matthew Williams Geodesic GraFX www.geodesicgrafx.com/blog

>  You never mentioned the server OS and SQL type? In my first message, I devoted an entire paragraph to the OS type :) > Windows. In my second message I also mentioned "SQL Server", from which you can generally assume "Microsoft SQL Server" Yeah, we're not doing Linux.. Ric