more FTP suggestions

[vibaek-78]

It would be really nice with a IP whitelist as mentioned above.

Maybe I missed this one when i skimmed over the threads, but a kick function would be nice.
Sometimes I miss my kick powers from my pc ftp server.
It could be activated from the Active User Log

Also a spy function to easedrop on users, (what are they doing / and what ul/dl speed is used)

[deadcode]

yes, whitelist is very useful. What I would like to mention is that, instead of the assigning trusted IP to the whitelist, it would be very useful for accepting trusted domain name for the whitelist as well. For home user like us, our IP is always dynamically assigned by ISP. We home user always rely on DDNS to resolve our latest IP address because ISP keep renewing our IP periodically.

I currently running 101j and 207+ in two different location, both location does not have a fix IP. If a whitelist accepts trusted domain name, then I can ensure both FTP server on 101j and 207+ only accept FTP connection between these two location by assigning DDNS domain name of these two location in the whitelist. This can greatly increase security for we home user.

[rr1024]

I would like to see allow FTP only from specific IP Addresses, a filter if you will.

I run a few web sites and run php scripts that FTP backup sql and gz data to my NAS. This filter would significantly improve security for FTP

This probably goes along with the "White List Mentioned above"

[kosh]

allow configuration of FTP home directory

now the home ftp folder is /volume1
allow to configure /volume1/xxxx
its more easy for my "stup....." user
thanks a lot

[Hoopstar]

I would like to have the abillity to limit the amout of time for a user.. say like after a week it automaticly deactive.

Im sry if this allready have been postet but havent read all posts, and dont know what to search for..

[vibaek-78]

Option to set a maximum of active threads a user can connect with would be very nice

[HeliumFX]

I would like to see them offer true SFTP. Not FTP over SSH (FTPS) but true SFTP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_file_transfer_protocol

But I am in no way complaining. my DS207 does alot, so I'm happy.

[sync]

would be nice to add a extra bit to ftp block feature that allows specific ips,

at the moment i have a couple of uses whom always forgets their password, would be useful to add them to in the allow ip access even if they have tried numerous times of trying to connect to the NAS while the Enable IP Auto-block is enabled

cheers
sync

[Almere01]

It would indeed be a good option to see a detailed FTP log.
According to this forum item it seems Syno users are screaming for this since 2006 !

I sent a mail to Synology support and they reacted as if this question was new and surprising.

At this time it is not possible to see what has been downloaded in any of the logs. However, thank you for bringing this suggestion to our attention. It sounds like a great idea. I will make sure to pass this idea to our product development team for consideration.

I hope Synology will implement this real soon !

[rr1024]

All I can see for FTP is when an FTP user logs in I don't want him having access to the whole box like he/she does now. They should only have access to one specified directory.
To me the current state of the FTP defeats the whole purpose of have logins for any users you may as well let them have a free for all with each others data.

I can't use FTP until this very basic feature works, even linksys NAS200 doesn't allow an FTP user to have full access and it's only 120.00usd verses the 1200.00 I spent on this DS

[AlexWang]

4) Limit the amount of simultaneous logins one user can have

This feature is in current beta (version 702)

5) Enable Timeouts (if a user has been idle for xx minutes, disconnect them)

We already has this but not configurable. The time out is 300 seconds.

6) Uploads/Download stats for each user

We will have a file transfer log in Sep release. When user upload/download file, we will log the time, ip, username, filesize, and filename.

[vibaek-78]

4) Limit the amount of simultaneous logins one user can have

This feature is in current beta (version 702)

5) Enable Timeouts (if a user has been idle for xx minutes, disconnect them)

We already has this but not configurable. The time out is 300 seconds.

6) Uploads/Download stats for each user

We will have a file transfer log in Sep release. When user upload/download file, we will log the time, ip, username, filesize, and filename.

Uhhh Very niiiice...Really looking forward to this Spetember release

[JustMy2Cents]

I would like the option to have hidden folders...

I want to give out an FTP-URL that one can connect to anonymously..
But I don't want people to see the shared folders when the go to the root of the domain...

(I had it like that with Serv-U, but the Synology cannot do it like that)...

[TheBossFan]

For the FTP server it's very important to have :
- a different home folder for each user
- some link with R/W/execute ... for these links
- group just for FTP to setup the different right on these folder or link

exemple :
- user (juste for ftp not for the synologu server) : FTP-1
- Home : /volume1/FTP/User-FTP-1 (R/W on this folder) and some subfolder like :
- Link to : (Bruce) => /volume1/music/Bruce Springsteen (R/W)
- Link to : (ColdPlay) ==> /volume1/music/Coldplay (R)
- Link to : (Queen) ==> /volume1/music/Queen (R/W)
- Link to : (Mes Photos) ==> /volume1/photo/us (R/W)
- Link to : (other) ==> /volume1/photo/all (R)

In fact, setup a filezilla server (on windows) and all the function from filezilla server will be on synology !

Regards

[vai]

FTP timeout. I have been encountering this problem too often, as well as other users of my device. Defeats the purpose of having a NAS; if while transfering more then 300 mb files from ftp it times out on low bandwidth connections before the entire file can be transferred.
How can I change the timeout setting? Please let me know.