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From: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org>
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Subject: Re: FTP Server for individual client spaces
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On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 03:10:24PM +0100, RS Wood typed:
> I run a small engineering company* that exchanges large files (CAD,
> etc.) with clients, and I want to keep the docs off my email server by
> setting up a stand alone FTP server where each client can upload and
> download its relevant files.  As such, my own users/employees should be
> able to reach every client???s FTP space but each client should only be
> able to reach his own.  As my users finish a doc, they place it in that
> client???s FTP directory and the client can log in and get it.  As such,
> I don???t want any form of unauthenticated FTP.

Do your employees need access through the same ftp server?
You could serve them any other way (e.g. internally export the entire ftp
tree as an NFS or CIFS share).