Re: set different ftp root dir per user ?

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From: Paul Lynch (paul.lynch_at_nospam.com)
Date: 05/21/04 

Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 12:57:57 +0100

On Fri, 21 May 2004 12:38:44 +0100, "scott" <nospamscott@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>If I have 100 users accounts on an FTP server running 2003 or 2000 server,
>is it possible to get each users account to login directly to their own root
>dir ?
>
>for example:
>inetpub\wwwroot\ftproot\user001\
>
>1. so when a user logs in they are directed here the user001 dir ?
>2. also would like to prevent users getting back to ftproot dir ?
>
>Thanks for any information.
>Scott.
>

Scott,

The solution differs according to which version of IIS you are using.

If you are using IIS5 (Windows 2000) then you can configure separate
folders for your users and have them log into those folders. This KB
article explains how to do this :

How To Set Up an FTP Site So That Users Log Onto Their Folders
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=201771

However, you can't prevent your users from navigating back up to the
default FTP root folder. But what you *can* do is place your user's
folders on a separate volume and lock down the FTP root folder using
NTFS file permissions. That way, even if they navigate back up to the
root all they will see is an empty root to which they have limited
access and they won't see the other user's folders either.

IIS6 on the other hand is a different proposition altogether. It comes
with FTP user isolation as a built-in feature. Using this method your
users cannot access or even see another user's folders unless you
explicitly allow them to. Refer to this documentation for detailed
instructions on how to set this up :

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/IIS/6/all/proddocs/en-us/wsa_ftp_isolate.asp

Regards,

Paul Lynch
MCSE

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