General

At Control Panel > File Services > FTP, you can enable speed limit, file transfer logging, security settings and other advanced settings in the General section.

Enabling FTP File Transfer Logging

Click Advanced Settings to enable this function and record the logs of downloaded or uploaded files.

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Enabling FTP file transfer logging might affect system performance.

Changing User root directories

Click Advanced Settings, and check Change user root directories. This way, the selected users can only access the specified folders when they log in to DSM via FTP.

To create a root directory change rule:

  1. In Advanced Settings, check Select User.
  2. Click Add.
  3. In User or group, select whom this rule will be applied to.
  4. Select which root directory will be available when the user logs in. Choose from:
  5. Click OK.
  6. After all rules are added, click Apply to save the rules.

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Enabling Anonymous FTP

Click Advanced Settings, and tick the option to allow anyone to log into DiskStation device's FTP service (with the anonymous or ftp account).

Changing Anonymous root

Click Advanced Settings, and tick the option to change anonymous FTP user's login directory. Select a shared folder from the drop-down menu.

Applying Default UNIX Permissions

Click Advanced Settings, and tick the option to apply the default UNIX permissions when uploading or creating files and folders. Applied permissions are the same as permissions applied by the UNIX command umask. When this option is enabled, UNIX permissions are 644 for files and 755 for folders. When this option is disabled, UNIX permissions are 666 for files and 777 for folders. The default umask value is 022.

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Enabling Speed Limit

Enable a speed limit to control the maximum usable bandwidth for users and groups who transfer data via FTP.

To enable speed limit:

  1. Tick the box marked Enable speed limit, or Enable speed limit according to a schedule if you would like to implement a speed limit at specific times only. This is a server-wide setting and will override the settings of individual users and groups. Choosing No speed limit disables the speed limit settings of all users and groups.
  2. Click Speed Limit Settings to modify the settings for individual users or groups. For each user and group, you can select one of the following:
  3. Click Apply.

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