Try setting up the default logon domain,
FTP Service's DefaultLogonDomain Not Available in MMC
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=184319
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Bernard Cheah
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"JT" <JT RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I set up ftp on windows 2003 server. The server is a member server in a
> domain.
> The server is not a domain controller.
>
> When users logon to the ftp site, they have to logon using:
>
> <domain-name>\<username>
> <password>
>
> Is there a way that they can just type the <username> without the domain
> beforehand and the process will automatically authenticate them with the
> domain controller.
>
> My testing shows that it is trying to authenticate agains local user
> rather
> than the domain user.