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+# AWS S3 filesystem
+
+This directory contains the AWS S3 implementation for the FTP server using the official AWS SDK v2 and [`afero-s3`](https://github.com/fclairamb/afero-s3).
+
+## Configuration
+
+```json
+{
+  "version": 1,
+  "accesses": [
+    {
+      "user": "test",
+      "pass": "test",
+      "fs": "s3",
+      "params": {
+        "bucket": "my-bucket",
+        "region": "us-east-1",
+        "access_key_id": "AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE",
+        "secret_access_key": "wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY"
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+### Parameters
+
+- `bucket` (required): S3 bucket name.
+- `region` (optional): AWS region (e.g. `us-east-1`). Defaults to the environment or SDK chain.
+- `access_key_id` (optional): AWS access key ID. If omitted, the default credential chain is used (env vars, IAM role, etc.).
+- `secret_access_key` (optional): AWS secret access key. Required when `access_key_id` is set.
+- `endpoint` (optional): Custom endpoint URL for S3-compatible storage (MinIO, Ceph, LocalStack, etc.).
+- `disable_ssl` (optional): Set to `"true"` to use HTTP instead of HTTPS for the endpoint.
+- `path_style` (optional): Set to `"true"` to use path-style addressing (`host/bucket/key`) instead of virtual-hosted style (`bucket.host/key`). Required for most S3-compatible backends.
+- `basePath` (optional): Key prefix within the bucket to use as the root directory. Useful for isolating users to a subdirectory. Leading and trailing slashes are stripped automatically.
+
+### Example configurations
+
+#### Standard AWS S3 with IAM role (no explicit credentials):
+```json
+{
+  "fs": "s3",
+  "params": {
+    "bucket": "my-ftp-bucket",
+    "region": "eu-west-1"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+#### S3-compatible backend (e.g. MinIO):
+```json
+{
+  "fs": "s3",
+  "params": {
+    "bucket": "my-bucket",
+    "endpoint": "http://minio:9000",
+    "path_style": "true",
+    "access_key_id": "minioadmin",
+    "secret_access_key": "minioadmin"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+#### Isolated user directory via `basePath`:
+```json
+{
+  "fs": "s3",
+  "params": {
+    "bucket": "shared-bucket",
+    "region": "us-east-1",
+    "basePath": "users/alice"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+The FTP root `/` maps to the S3 prefix `users/alice/`. Files uploaded to `/report.csv` are stored as `users/alice/report.csv` in the bucket.
+
+### Notes
+
+- S3 has no real directories; directory operations are emulated using key prefixes.
+- File permissions and ownership are no-ops since S3 does not support them.
+- Seeking within files is not supported for writes.
diff --git a/fs/s3/s3.go b/fs/s3/s3.go
index 2d737b66..a2ef4350 100644
--- a/fs/s3/s3.go
+++ b/fs/s3/s3.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package s3
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config"
@@ -72,6 +73,9 @@ func LoadFs(access *confpar.Access) (afero.Fs, error) {
 
 	var fs afero.Fs = s3Fs
 	if basePath != "" {
+		// Strip leading/trailing slashes: S3 object keys must not start with "/"
+		// and a trailing slash would produce double slashes in key names.
+		basePath = strings.Trim(basePath, "/")
 		fs = afero.NewBasePathFs(s3Fs, basePath)
 	}