Edit Folder

Edit Folder

From the top menu, select Host > Folders . Click the hyperlinked name of the folder you want to open. The Edit Folder page opens.

This page is used to edit a folder or virtual folder. It is also used to specify user permissions to the folder.

• Folder name. Enter the name of the folder.
• Relative path. This option shows the path to this folder, relative to the file transfer server root. This is the path that users see when they connect to this folder with a file transfer client.
• Full path. Select the physical location on the folder. You may either enter the path manually or select it by clicking Browse. If this is a virtual folder, you can enter or select the physical path to this folder, relative from the hard drive root (usually C:\). If this is a physical folder, its full path is displayed.
  Important: You must use Windows Explorer or a file transfer client connecting as a user with the appropriate permissions to change the folder name or full path of a physical folder.
  Tip: You can use a network share anywhere that you specify a physical folder on the server. To do this, you must enter the UNC path to the shared folder. You must also specify an Impersonation account that allows the WS_FTP Server to access the UNC path. The Impersonation Settings are configured on the same page (Host Details page) as the Top folder.If using Microsoft IIS, you must also give permissions to the shared folder to the Windows user account under which your web server's WSFTPSVR folder is running. If that user cannot access the shared folder through the Windows explorer, you cannot access the folder via the WS_FTP Server Manager.
• Only viewable with 40-bit SSL or higher. Select this option to make this folder viewable via FTP only if the user has logged in using 40-bit SSL or higher.
• Only viewable with 128-bit SSL or higher. Select this option to make this folder viewable via FTP only if the user has logged in using 128-bit SSL or higher.

If this folder is a virtual folder, the following options are also available:

• Virtual display location. Select where you want this virtual folder to display.
  • Not displayed. Select this option to exclude this virtual folder from folder listings. Users who know virtual folder name can still access it by providing the folder name manually.
  • Display at root. Select this option to display this virtual folder as a subfolder of the server root folder.
  • Display in user. Select this option to display this virtual folder as a subfolder of each user's home folder.
    Note: If you change the virtual display location of a virtual folder for which folder action rules are configured, you must update the folder action rules to use the new file path. If you do not do this, the folder action rules will not work.

• Automated cleanup.
  • Use this host's default cleanup settings. Select to apply the host's default cleanup settings. For more information, see Cleaning Up Old Files and Empty Subfolders.
    • Automatically delete files older than 30 days(s). Select to automatically delete folders older than a specified number of days. The default is 30 days.
    • Automatically delete empty subfolders older than 30 day(s). Select to automatically delete empty subfolders older than a specified number of days. The default is 30 days.
    • Use File Create Time (uncheck for File Copy Time). Select to use the file creation date or clear to use the late modified date.

Permissions

This section of the page displays and lets you manage user permissions for this folder. By default, users do not have permissions to new folders. To view or grant permissions to the folder, use the Permissions options.

You can perform the following tasks related to user permissions on a folder:

• Add permissions to this folder. To add a permission to this folder, click Add.
• View or modify permissions to this folder. Click a user or user group name to open the Edit Permissions page. From there, you can view or modify the permission.
• Remove permissions from this folder. Select a permission by selecting the checkbox beside the user's or group's name. Select multiple permission by selecting multiple checkboxes. Once you have made your selection, click Remove to remove the selected permissions from this folder.

For more information, see Using WS_FTP Manager to Manage Permissions.