Hi Matt,
 
Yes, lots of ideas :-)
Under what user is your WS_FTP Server service running?  Is this the local SYSTEM account?  If so, you can't have a network connection for a local-only account to any other machine.  It will not work at all.
 
My suggestion:
You need to run your WS_FTP Server under a domain account, which is known to both, DEV and FTPSERVER.
This account needs to have a permanent drive mapped on FTPSERVER to DEV.
DEV: net share ...
FTPSERVER: net use ... /p:yes
 
When this is set up, you should easily be able to link a virtual folder in WS_FTP Server to a physical folder on DEV.
 
Alternatively you can set up a WS_FTP Server rule to copy a received file from FTPSERVER to DEV.  This scenario would cover for problems in case DEV is down (which may be likely) and FTPSERVER is up.  Also, this would be possible without domain account, you just had to do a NET USE ... /USER:... in your command script before copying a file.
 
BTW re. "with the user account tied to the folders": It doesn't matter at all under which FTP user you sign on.  This is not related in this context.
 
Regards,
Erich
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Warren - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 12:55 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [WS_FTP Forum] networked folder ftp link

We have a site on our developer server (DEV) that requires files be uploaded via ftp to the web root which is outward facing.  We run wsftp server on a separate machine (FTPSERVER).  I tried virtual folders, using the network path to the web root shared on DEV, next I tried mapping the share to a mapped drive on the FTPSERVER (G:) and placing the path in virtual folders.  Neither worked when I logged onto the ftp server with the user account tied to the folders. 
 
any ideas?
 
 
 

Matt Warren

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