I work for a small office and we've got people spread out all over the country who need various info off the server, so I have the FTP working fine with the exception of one shared folder that we want all our users to have access to. But, the only way to access it right now is to log on as the network admin, and for obvious reasons I don't want to give that info out to users. I've pretty much added every possible user and group as authorized on that folder and I still can't get in unless I use the network admin info. I know I'm missing something that I'm going to kick myself for later. How a user accesses their folder is so: ftp:\\ipaddress\ user id and password How I've attempted to access the public folder: ftp:\\ipaddress\public user id and password Have also tried this: ftp:\\ipaddress\compdomain\home\public user id and password The folder is shared, so at least it's not something stupid like that. I'll accept suggestions, flames, guffaws-- but constructive only, please.

Dupe post's aren't appreciated. You should have just added to your first post what you forgot by using the "reply" box. Knowing what ftp software you're using would be a big help as all windows based ftp software differ somewhat in setup/configuration/usage. This is much simpler in the UNIX/Linux world as ftp/sftp is the same on all different variations. You will likely have to create and ftp account on the ftp server for each user granting access. You will have to designate a "home" folder for each user. You will also have to specify their permissions for folders you give them access to. The perm's of course depend on what you want them to be able to do. The only windows based ftp software I have any experience with is BulletProof (bpftp) and very little at that. What I do know is what I said above. I create a user account, designate which folders they have access to and what permissions they'll have. I assign a username and password. Once the account is created, the user can then access it providing they login correctly with the right username/password. All users login the same way: ftp [IP of ftp server] authenticate (ie: username/password) Once logged in, they can then traverse folders and do whatever else they're allowed to do. Without knowing what software you're using nobody is really going to be able to give you more help. If you post back the name of the ftp software you're using, with luck you'll get a repsonse from someone who is familiar with that exact software.