Cerberus - Folder Structuring?
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Hi.
I've tried but haven't been able to figure out how to resolve this issue.
I have a folder structure on my drive like so.
d:\ (aka root)
Pictures (subfolder level 1)
Downloads (subfolder level 2)
Uploads (subfolder level 2)
Each indented folder is a sub folder beneath the folder above. I setup access to Pictures, then Downloads with download access and Uploads with upload access. What I'd like is for the users to see the following on their FTP clients.
..
Pictures
When they click on Pictures they'd see...
..
Pictures
Downloads
Uploads
Then if they click on Downloads they'd see
..
Pictures
Downloads
picture1.jpg
picture2.jpg
picture3.jpg
So the user doesn't see ALL the sub folders in the root folder, but the top most subfolder, then as the user accesses a subfolder, they see the next sub level of folders beneath that first subfolder.
What is happening with Cerberus is that there doesn't appear to be a way or I simply can't find it, to achieve what I'm asking about. Instead this is what the user will see when logging in.
..
Pictures
Downloads
Uploads
From the root folder, ALL sub folders are seen and accessible. In other FTP Server programs I've used in the past, I never had this issue as I was able to setup the directory or subfolder structure as I was trying to explain above. Is there a way to do with Cerberus or are all the subfolders I create beneath the root, and parent folders going to show up directly under the root as it is happening now?
Any info is appreciated.
John
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Hi John,
Unfortunately, what you are trying is not possible. The user permissions are inherited from the parent folder. In your current folder structure, the Downloads and Uploads folders would inherit whatever permission you have assigned to the Pictures folder. If you wanted each subfolder to have different types of permissions, you would need to create 2 virtual directories, Downloads with the download permissions, and Uploads with the upload permissions. The user would then login and see the Downloads and Uploads folders.
Now if you wanted users to login and see the structure you described above, you could do that by assigning them the virtual directory of "D:\Pictures" only. They would see the folders as you described, but as I said, the permissions would be assigned to all the subfolders, that you assigned to the Pictures folder.
Jeff
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