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Multi hard drives 1 user
Posted: 2019-03-01 18:58
by GazCBG
I have Filezilla Server setup on Windows 10 which is access by local IP only.
I have 3 hard drives in my PC and I want to access hard drive D and E in FIlezilla
While I have this working with an Aliases with /E for the E drive.
I was wondering is there away to see all hard drives on the system without using an Aliases.
So for example when I login into FTP I would see C: D: E: with full premissions then I pick the drive I want to upload to.
Is that possible?
Re: Multi hard drives 1 user
Posted: 2019-03-01 21:49
by GazCBG
Hi,
I have sort of got what I want now.
C: - Set as Home *
D: - Aliases as /D:
E: - Aliases as /E:
* C: has limited privileges with only List ticked
* Then in Filezilla client I have hidden the files left in the remote side with a filter, so it only shows D: and E:
Regards,
Gaz
Re: Multi hard drives 1 user
Posted: 2021-03-19 21:29
by Zeus
Maybe my problem is the same, and I fixed it.
I switched from WAR-FTPD to FileZilla.
WAR-FTPD would allow multiple disk drives, FileZilla doesn't.
FileZilla requires all files to be located within the FTP ROOT directory.
So, the answer is to create a directory within the FTP ROOT directory and make that directory access the other drive.
Example: My FTP ROOT directory is D:\FTP-Root so I created a new directory D:\FTP-Root\Drive E
To mount Drive E to be accessed from that folder:
Create the folder d:\FTP-Root\Drive E Be sure it's empty.
Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk Management
Right click the disk drive -> Change drive letters and paths -> Add -> Browse (to the new created folder - must be empty) -> OK
Test it with Windows Explorer.
In FileZilla, set your permissions to allow it or disallow it with either Users or Groups.
It will look like it's a folder/directory but it's really your other disk drive.
I do it with drives C, D, and E and set access only for the ADMINISTRATOR group.
For the other users, their Groups have the permissions set so they don't even see it.
BTW, I still use Windows 7 for my server computer.
Hope this helps.
Re: Multi hard drives 1 user
Posted: 2021-03-20 03:06
by boco
Please note that it is not about support/non-support of multiple drives, but rather a matter of using physical paths vs. the recommended way of using TVFS (Trivial Virtual File System). TVFS is UNIX-like, and drive letters do not exist here.
Aliases are essentially the equivalent of mounting a drive into a file path in *NIX.