Administering user accounts on an ftp server remotely via script, webservice or similar

Question

We want to be able to create FTP users and assign rights to specific folders and revoke them again remotely by means of an automated process (running a script, calling a webservice or similar).

What solutions can you suggest?

OS is undecided. Windows and Unix are both fine.

What OS? Any other requirements for the FTP server? – pablo Mar 09 '11 at 12:14 — pablo, Mar 09 '11 at 12:14
Edited question to answer OS requirements. – Ola Eldøy Mar 09 '11 at 12:34 — Ola Eldøy, Mar 09 '11 at 12:34

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 09 '11 at 12:47

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I think Filezilla FTP Server has a remote administration tool.

answered Mar 09 '11 at 12:47

LaLeX

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 09 '11 at 13:32

I'd suggest pureftpd or proftpd with a mysql backend

Old tutorials but still relevant:

With this you could use any popular programming language to update the mysql database to your liking including quotas, access, etc.

Alternatively I would recommend glftpd

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glftpd

The setup for glftpd can be quite complicated but it supports a lot of scripting, including user management through ftp commands.

Administering user accounts on an ftp server remotely via script, webservice or similar

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