FTP windows server 2016

[Kylian]

Hello I have a dell edge r610 running windows server 2016 decanter.
I want to use this server as a ftp server so fare everything is working but
I want to have a virtual directory but that directory is on a different PC that PC has the specific folder shared so it is accessible.
But as soon as I set this directory as a virtual directory in the ftp server it gives me a error saying the following:
The path does not exist or environment variables in the path could not be expanded to verify whether it exists.

Is there any way to have a virtual directory that is on a different PC on the same network?
 

[leadeater]

You can with an IIS website, not sure if the FTP feature likes that or not. It may also be user permissions on the share, in the advanced properties of the virtual directory you can set a user account for accessing the UNC path.

[NelizMastr]

A 2016 Datacenter server with just a FTP server seems like a waste. Can't imagine you bought a license for that   I'd honestly just run a Linux server for this.

 

 

[Jarsky]

Pretty sure UNC paths arent supported with FTP so you'd have to mount the share as a drive letter. 

On the PC side, you'd also have to setup your permissions, the commonly accepted practice is to add a "service" account, with the permissions that you require - then use that account username/password to mount it on the server. Then with IIS you would need your virtual directory, and I believe in ftproot you need to create a link to the mounted share. 

[leadeater]

20 minutes ago, Jarsky said:

Pretty sure UNC paths arent supported with FTP so you'd have to mount the share as a drive letter. 

On the PC side, you'd also have to setup your permissions, the commonly accepted practice is to add a "service" account, with the permissions that you require - then use that account username/password to mount it on the server. Then with IIS you would need your virtual directory, and I believe in ftproot you need to create a link to the mounted share. 

At that point it's probably easier to create a VHDX file on the SMB share then mount that on the FTP server so it's like a physical disk with local file system perms etc. FTP on windows is rubbish though so...

[Kylian]

I mounted the folder as drive letter Z:\ but the same error accours

[Fleetscut]

I think using a drive letter with a file share mount can sometimes cause problems. When setting up the folder in the ftp settings try using the full URI for the share folder.

[Blake]

19 hours ago, Jarsky said:

the commonly accepted practice is to add a "service" account, with the permissions that you require

Don't worry about it. most people say they created a service account, but that's just a standard account with a shared password...

 

make sure its NOT a Managed Service Account /s

[Kylian]

The FTP server i would like it to acces a folder on my home PC becouse the server dosnt have the storage atm but i might have bought a 46TB san for now so i dont have to go true the strugle of it