In order to ensure that a user is presented with a dialog requesting credentials every time they connect to your FTP server, you would have to mandate the use of a client configured to not “remember” or otherwise store the credentials used to log on. In Windows NT, the configuration option for Explorer/IE may be present in Group Policy or manually set in the registry.

But since you said you can not require a policy to be blanketed across the network, I don’t know what kind of solution you will be able to find. I guess it depends on your network’s topology, and so I would recommend that you look at the practicality of having your client machines configured via a domain controller, or other similar system, when they logon to the network. It’s a lot easier to control and delegate policies, features, applications and et cetera.

The only other solution that I can surmise is one where the server is configured to have a username/password expire after first use, so that way you can require your clients to request a new set of credentials to be provisioned every time that they need to log in to the FTP. You could automate this process with scripts to be made available on the intranet.

I use it so I can always have seamless access to my files on my home computer when I’m roamin’ with my laptop.

Netdrive is abandonware, and is available for free all over the place. Here’s a couple of download links:

http://www.acs.uwosh.edu/novell/netdrive.htm
http://www.divshare.com/download/2012951-371

And here’s the NetDrive user documentation:
http://tinyurl.com/3lsbb

(One tip: make sure you have a blank index.html file in your ‘NetDrive’, so meanies don’t have easy access to your files.)

My problem is I WANT anyone accessing the ftp to HAVE to enter name & password every time they do it. AND I cannot ask the users to make a blanket policy for Windows explorer to NOT remember.
Any ideas?

thanks again,fazee…