This has been on my mind for some time. I have a domain and server hosted by Godaddy. I can connect to it with an FTP program fine, but I don't know a whole lot about FTP in general.

My question is how can you set it up so you have a separate log in and password for another person to access the server, but they are limited to a folder that you specify.

For example, say I CREATE a directory under my domain that ends up looking like this: sqthreer.com/stuff/friendspace

How can I make it so that a friend or someone has their own login information, but can't go to any root directory behind "friendspace?"

If I'm not making myself very clear or if this is in the wrong place (I wasn't exactly SURE where to put it, SORRY) then I'll try to explain it better.I do not believe that GoDaddy will provide this kind of control over FTP.  You would need to host your own FTP server, which you could do if you have a permanent internet connection (such as broadband) and a computer that you can leave switched on all the time.  There is a lot to learn though before you attempt that, because there are lots of potential pitfalls and security risks.Ah yeah, I was thinking it was something along those lines. Somebody told me something like that a while ago but I forgot. The thought only recently resurfaced in my brain.

Well maybe in the future I'll look into hosting my own server, but it's probably WAY too COMPLICATED for me at this point.

Thanks a lot :]Okay.  You're welcome to come back at any point if you do decide to go ahead with that.  Actually, I think you can do this with godaddy.com

Just login to your account at godaddy.com and open the control panel  for your site. From here under settings there is a box called "manage ftp users"

You can add a username / password and starting directory for the user, and save. Make sure to start the user in the friendspace directory and they should not be able to access the root directory.

You can add up to 5 ftp users (at least with my godaddy.com account), I'm guessing it's the same for yours.

Hope this helps,
Wow - that's good news!  I stand corrected.  Wow, thank you. I had thought I scoured the control panel dry, but it was as plain as anything. Thank you very much, this will indeed come in handy. I'm super glad I came back to ask another question, otherwise I would never know this useful bit of info.