Configuring an external user database

Hosts can be configured to use several types of user databases, allowing you to use an existing user database to minimize administration time and effort.

Note: The type of user database used by a host must be selected when the host is initially created. User database type for a host cannot be changed after the host is created.

To select the user database:

1. From the top menu, select Server > Hosts. The Hosts page opens.
2. Click Create. The Create Host page opens.
3. In User database, select the type of database you want to use to authenticate users to this host.
   • Ipswitch WS_FTP Server. Select this option to use the native WS_FTP Server database.
   • Microsoft Active Directory database. Select this option to use a Microsoft Active Directory user database. You must click Configure and provide more information before this option will work.
   • Microsoft Windows database. Select this option to use a Microsoft Windows user database. By default, the users on the local computer are used, but you may also click Configure and provide additional information to use users on a domain.
   • Ipswitch IMail Server database. Select this option to use the user database from an Ipswitch IMail Server installed on the same computer as the WS_FTP Server. If Ipswitch IMail Server is not installed, this option is not available.
   • ODBC database. Select this option to use any database that you can connect to using ODBC. You must click Configure and provide additional information before users can authenticate using this user database.
4. Click Save.