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David Bann
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Aug 05, 2016
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FTP into SharePoint Library of Sub Site

Hi there,   We are having trouble trying to FTP into a SharePoint library. We can get it to work if we are trying to FTP into the main site collection librarieis, but we can't get it to work when w...
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    David Bann
    Aug 08, 2016

    Thanks, we managed to get it working. It is certainly possible. It turned out that we were having permission problems, and after recreating the library, then we got it working. 

     

    We set up an FTP server on the app server of SharePoint. When you set the physical path of the FTP folder, you need to specify the UNC path of the library. Permissions are really important at every level - from library access to DB access. It's working now and no need to have some sort of intermediary transfer tool or scheduled job.

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Aug 05, 2016

i thought it is not even possible to FTP to a library so i am a bit supprised and curious if there is a answer for your question.

 

kr,

 

Paul

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David Bann
Copper Contributor
Aug 08, 2016

Thanks, we managed to get it working. It is certainly possible. It turned out that we were having permission problems, and after recreating the library, then we got it working. 

 

We set up an FTP server on the app server of SharePoint. When you set the physical path of the FTP folder, you need to specify the UNC path of the library. Permissions are really important at every level - from library access to DB access. It's working now and no need to have some sort of intermediary transfer tool or scheduled job.

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