All three logins are processed separately, the username and password are just used for authentication and permissions, not for intersession communications.
ERIC NEUMEISTER ----- Original Message ----- From: "April Denning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "April Denning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 6:59 PM Subject: [WS_FTP Forum] Multiple logins cause upload to stall?? > We are using WS_FTP server version 4.0. > What happens in this scenario?------ A customer of ours checks their > directory every hour on the hour to see if we have left an order file for > them to download (let's call this login#1). At the same time, they may have > decided to ftp a product upload for us on the hour (let's call this login#2 > because they are using a separate process from login#1). Therefore, they > now have two logins with the *same username and password* open to the > server. We just might come along at the same time and login to their > directory *using the same username and password* in order to deposit a file > for them (okay ---- now there are THREE logins open -- let's call this > login#3). > > Question: If login#1 logs off while login#2 is trying to upload a file or > login#3 is trying to upload a file ----does login#1 logging off cause > login#2 and/or login#3 to stall, timeout, or otherwise get confused? Is > WS_FTP server able to keep all these logins with the same username --but > different processes-- separate ? I can see these three logins functioning > on different threads, but should this scenario be able to work successfully? > > thanks for any help, > April > > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/wsftp_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/wsftp_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
