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How to create Robo-FTP Server's users programmatically

Sometimes you may need to create or delete Robo-FTP Server users programmatically. This can be done using COM because the server's configuration management is exposed as an out of process COM server. Here I will provide an example of creating and deleting a user in C# using COM interop. The following steps must be done on a machine with Robo-FTP Server installed.

1. Create a new C# Console Project
2. Add a reference to RoboFTPServer configuration library
   a. Right click on references and select add reference.
   b. Choose COM and scroll down until you see RoboFTPServer Type Library
3. Add a using line of the form using RoboFTPServer

4. Insert the following code into your main function...

       try
       {
           RSGlobalConfig config = new RSGlobalConfigClass();
           if(args.Length == 3 && args[0] == "create")
           {
               RSUserConfig user1 = new RSUserConfigClass();
               RSUserConfig user2 = new RSUserConfigClass();
               user1.Name = args[1];
               user1.Home = args[1];
               user1.Password = args[2];
               user1.Auth = UserAuth.AuthEither;
               user1.Permissions = (int)RoboPermissions.PermissionsAll;
               user2.Name = args[1];
               user2.Home = args[1];
               user2.Password = args[2];
               user2.Auth = UserAuth.AuthEither;
               user2.Permissions = (int)RoboPermissions.PermissionsAll;
               config.Servers[1].Users.Add(user1); //add user to ftp server
               config.Servers[2].Users.Add(user2); //add user to sftp server
               config.SaveConfig();
               Console.WriteLine("User " + args[1] + " created.");
           }
           else if (args.Length == 2 && args[0] == "delete")
           {
               bool found = false;
               for(int i = 1; i <=2; i++)
               {
                   try
                   {
                       config.Servers[i].BootUser(args[1]);
                       config.Servers[i].Users.Remove(args[1]);
                       found = true;
                   }
                   catch
                   {
                   }
               }
               if (!found)
                   Console.WriteLine("User " + args[1] + " not found!");
               else
               {
                   config.SaveConfig();
                   Console.WriteLine("User " + args[1] + " deleted.");
               }
           }
           else
           {
               Console.WriteLine("Usage: CreateOrDeleteUser create username password");
               Console.WriteLine("       CreateOrDeleteUser delete username");
           }
       }
       catch(Exception ex)
       {
           Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
       }
   

Article last updated: 2021-01-22

Tags: Robo-FTP Server, COM, Configuration, Server Console