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Table of Content
Table of Contents ....................................................................................................................................................2
Notices .....................................................................................................................................................................4
How to Purchase Serv-U .........................................................................................................................................5
Serv-U Editions........................................................................................................................................................6
Serv-U Bronze Edition.........................................................................................................................................6
Serv-U Silver Edition ...........................................................................................................................................6
Serv-U Gold Edition ............................................................................................................................................6
Serv-U Platinum Edition ......................................................................................................................................6
System Requirements .........................................................................................................................................8
Getting Started ........................................................................................................................................................9
Creating the First Serv-U Domain ........................................................................................................................ 10
Creating Your First Serv-U User .......................................................................................................................... 11
Serv-U Server Concepts ...................................................................................................................................... 12
User Account Types ......................................................................................................................................... 12
User Collections ............................................................................................................................................... 12
Server ............................................................................................................................................................... 12
Domain ............................................................................................................................................................. 13
Group ............................................................................................................................................................... 13
User .................................................................................................................................................................. 13
User Interface Conventions .................................................................................................................................. 14
Understanding User Interface Conventions ..................................................................................................... 14
The Serv-U Management Console ....................................................................................................................... 15
Serv-U Network Configuration Primer .................................................................................................................. 17
PASV IP Address ............................................................................................................................................. 18
Domain Name & Description ................................................................................................................................ 19
Domain Listeners.................................................................................................................................................. 20
Adding a Listener ............................................................................................................................................. 21
Pure Virtual Domains ....................................................................................................................................... 22
User Information ................................................................................................................................................... 23
Directory Access Rules ........................................................................................................................................ 27
File Permissions ............................................................................................................................................... 28
Directory Permissions ...................................................................................................................................... 28
Subdirectory Permissions ................................................................................................................................ 29
Access as Windows User ................................................................................................................................ 29
Quota Permissions ........................................................................................................................................... 29
Mandatory Access Control ............................................................................................................................... 29
Restricting File Types....................................................................................................................................... 30
User-Level Logging .............................................................................................................................................. 32
Logging to File Settings ................................................................................................................................... 32
IP Access Rules ................................................................................................................................................... 34
Limits & Settings ................................................................................................................................................... 38
Connection ....................................................................................................................................................... 38
Password ......................................................................................................................................................... 39
Directory Listing ............................................................................................................................................... 40
Data Transfer ................................................................................................................................................... 41
HTTP ................................................................................................................................................................ 41
Advanced ......................................................................................................................................................... 42
Windows Authentication ....................................................................................................................................... 44
Domain Setting ..................................................................................................................................................... 45
Block users who connect more than 'x' times within 'y' seconds for 'z' minutes .............................................. 45
Hide server information from SSH identity ....................................................................................................... 45
Default Web Client ........................................................................................................................................... 45
Client Support Link ........................................................................................................................................... 45
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