CFtpClient::Login Method  
 
INT Login(
  LPCTSTR lpszUserName,  
  LPCTSTR lpszPassword,  
  LPCTSTR lpszAccount  
);

The Login method authenticates the specified user in on the server. This method must be called after the connection has been established, and before attempting to transfer files or perform any other method on the server.

Parameters

lpszUserName
Points to a string that specifies the user name to be used to authenticate the current client session. If this parameter is NULL or an empty string, then the login is considered to be anonymous.
lpszPassword
Points to a string that specifies the password to be used to authenticate the current client session. This parameter may be NULL or an empty string if no password is required for the specified user, or if no username has been specified.
lpszAccount
Points to a string that specifies the account name to be used to authenticate the current client session. This parameter may be NULL or an empty string if no account name is required for the specified user.

Return Value

If the method succeeds, the return value is the server result code. If the method fails, the return value is FTP_ERROR. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

Some public FTP servers support anonymous logins, where a username and password are not required to access the server. In this case, both the lpszUserName and lpszPassword parameters can be NULL or specify empty strings. In most cases, access to the server using an anonymous login is restricted, with clients only having permission to download files. Servers may also restrict the maximum number of anonymous sessions that may be logged in at one time.

This method should only be used after calling the Logout method, enabling you to log in as another user during the same session. Not all servers will permit a client to change user credentials during the same session. In most cases, it is preferable to disconnect from the server and re-connect using the new credentials rather than using this method.

This method is not supported with secure connections using the SSH protocol.

Requirements

Minimum Desktop Platform: Windows 7 Service Pack 1
Minimum Server Platform: Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
Header File: cstools11.h
Import Library: csftpv11.lib
Unicode: Implemented as Unicode and ANSI versions

See Also

Connect, Logout, ProxyConnect