FtpWebRequest only has access to a specific folder

[Ahren]

Hello,
I am currently using the below code to upload a file and display progress. It works fine except there are a few things I would like to do differently.
I am using the main FTP account for my website which has access to all of my files. I set up a different FTP login to use that only has access to a specific folder, but when I try to use it I get: Error 550 No such file or directory or access denied.

This FTP account allows access to: mywebsite.com/upload/users/ only
If strFTPAddress = mywebsite.com/upload/users/ I get error 550, I've tried a few other things too and it's told me that it's an invalid URI

Basically what I want to know is if and how I might be able to connect using my second FTP account so that I only have access to the upload/users/ directory.

Dim request As FtpWebRequest = CType(WebRequest.Create(strFTPAddress & "/" & strNetFile), FtpWebRequest)

                request.Timeout = 10000000
                request.ReadWriteTimeout = 10000000
                request.KeepAlive = False
                request.UseBinary = True
                request.UsePassive = False

                request.Credentials = New System.Net.NetworkCredential(strUserName, strPassword)
                request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.UploadFile

                Dim fileContents() As Byte

                Using s As New FileStream(strLocalFileOnDisk, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
                    ReDim fileContents(CInt(s.Length - 1))
                    s.Read(fileContents, 0, CInt(s.Length))
                End Using

                request.ContentLength = fileContents.Length

                'Try
                Dim flags As Boolean = True
                Dim currentposition As Long = 0
                Dim len As Integer = 0
                Dim requestStream As Stream = request.GetRequestStream()

                Do While (flags)

                    lblStatus.Text = "Uploading..."

                    If ((fileContents.Length - currentposition) > 200) Then
                        len = 200
                    Else
                        len = fileContents.Length - currentposition
                    End If

                    requestStream.Write(fileContents, currentposition, len)
                    currentposition = currentposition + len

                    progBar.Value = Math.Round(currentposition * 100 / fileContents.Length, 1)
                    lblLoaded.Text = Math.Round(currentposition / 1024) & "/" & Math.Round(fileContents.Length / 1024) & "kb"
                    Application.DoEvents()

                    If (currentposition >= fileContents.Length) Then
                        flags = False
                    End If
                Loop

                requestStream.Close()

                Dim response As FtpWebResponse = CType(request.GetResponse(), FtpWebResponse)

                response.Close()

 

[MattP]

Have you tried connecting to the FTP site with ftp.exe? I'm going to assume you get a message that you don't have access to your home directory.

 

[Ahren]

Im not sure how to explain this but i'll try.

When I connect to ftp normally I just use my ftp hostname
mywebsite.com

Depending on the username and password I put it I am given access to different directories. If I login using a user/pass combo that only lets me access mywebsite.com/upload/users/ that user's home directory is upload/users/

But when I put in the full path ftp://mywebsite.com/upload/users/ and the login info for just upload/users/ it doesn't know what to do with it and gives me an error

 

[MattP]

Im not sure how to explain this but i'll try.

When I connect to ftp normally I just use my ftp hostname
mywebsite.com

Depending on the username and password I put it I am given access to different directories. If I login using a user/pass combo that only lets me access mywebsite.com/upload/users/ that user's home directory is upload/users/

But when I put in the full path ftp://mywebsite.com/upload/users/ and the login info for just upload/users/ it doesn't know what to do with it and gives me an error

So you're saying it does fail when you try and access it using IE?

 

[Ahren]

With IE or my Firefox FTP add-on I have no problems at all

 

[MattP]

Since the user's home directory is ftp://mywebsite.com/upload/users/ they'll automatically be directed there when they log in.

Just use the root of your site and it will work.

Ran a quick test on my FTP server and it worked fine with a limited account.

 

[Ahren]

Wow that's all I had to do for it to work Thanks Matt

 

[acheo]

Hi,

Would you please tell me what you did because I have the same problem. Thanks!

Acheo

 

[Ahren]

Since the user's home directory is ftp://mywebsite.com/upload/users/ they'll automatically be directed there when they log in.

Just use the root of your site and it will work.

Ran a quick test on my FTP server and it worked fine with a limited account.

So if your site is mywebsite.com just use ftp://mywebsite.com and if your ftp account is set up right it should work.