Hi,
I am not sure if this is the best way to achieve this, but
it sounds like you need to use a third server for the files to be housed
on and your two ftp_pro servers need access to that single file system.
So you would Map a drive on each server with ftp_pro to that mapped
drive (instead of unc name) and install it there.
Now if you want all of it mirrored for fail-over including
the files this may not work for you, and I am assuming that when you
create an ftp_pro server it lets you do it on a mapped drive for the
files to share out.
You could also try using a NFS program such as samba if
regular file sharing isn't working.
Another trick I use when a program doesn't like mapped
drives or unc names is to use the OLD dos command "subst" to subst to an
unc name.
I.E. subst \\server\share <file:///\\server\share> f: from cmd
prompt.
I don't have the server part of ftp pro so I can't test.
Damon R Stella
Operations Analyst
COCC
1-877-678-0444, extension 453
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Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 10:50 AM
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Subject: [WS_FTP Forum] Top directory on UNC path - is this possible?
Hi there,
We have a pair of servers each one of which will be running WS_FTP
server (to replace the buggy Microsoft Windows 2000 FTP server that's
already there).
The FTP site FQDN will be a VIP that could be directed to either of the
two web servers. We need to set it up in such a way that both machines
work with the same set of files, so their top directory should ideally
be a UNC path.
The problem is I can't seem to get WS_FTP server to recognise a UNC path
- it complains with the following error message:
"Only local fixed drives can be used for a Host's Top Directory!" (the
exclamation is a nice touch, like only a fool would want to be doing
this)
Is there a way to do this, to get two or more servers to "see" the same
set of files?
TIA,
Chris
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Chris Totten
Technical Services Manager
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