Dell Unity: How to manage FTP settings on a NAS server

Summary: This KB focuses on how to manage the ftp access for clients on NAS server on Unity arrays.

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Instructions

To show the current status of a NAS Servers use the below:
 uemcli -d IPofDestination -u localUser -p UserPasswd /net/nas/ftp show

To modify a certain NAS server ftp setting (Add a new user with a certain Home Directory): 
uemcli -d IPofDestination -u localUser -p UserPasswd /net/nas/ftp -server ServerName set -ftpEnabled yes   -defaultHomedir /home/public

Other ftp settings:

/net/nas/ftp -server <value> set [-ftpEnabled <value>] [-
sftpEnabled <value>] [-cifsUserEnabled <value>] [-
unixUserEnabled <value>] [-anonymousUserEnabled <value>] [-
homedirLimitEnabled <value>] [-defaultHomedir <value>] [-
welcome <value>] [-motd <value>] [-auditEnabled {yes|no}] [-
auditDir <value>] [-auditMaxSize <value>] {[-allowHost <value>]
| [-appendAllowHost <value>] | [-removeAllowHost <value>] | [-
denyHost <value>] | [-appendDenyHost <value>] | [-
removeDenyHost <value>]} {[-allowUser <value>] | [-
appendAllowUser <value>] | [-removeAllowUser <value>] | [-
denyUser <value>] | [-appendDenyUser <value>] | [-
removeDenyUser <value>]} {[-allowGroup <value>]| [-
appendAllowGroup <value>] | [-removeAllowGroup <value>] |[-
denyGroup <value>] | [-appendDenyGroup <value>] | [-
removeDenyGroup <value>]}

Refer to the Unity Tech guide for a clear description of the above attributes:
Dell Unity Family Unisphere Command Line Interface User Guide

FTP can be managed also from Unisphere as per below:

-From Storage Panel on the left side of the user interface view >>File >> NAS Server >> Choose the required NAS server on which ftp shall be configured.
-From the Sharing protocol click the FTP then mark the FTP checkbox.
 

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- At this stage, there are two options, either enabling Home directory restriction (each user has a preconfigured home directory) or configuring a Default home directory for all ftp users.
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Affected Products

Dell EMC Unity Family

Products

Dell EMC Unity Family
Article Properties
Article Number: 000022512
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 22 Oct 2025
Version:  6
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