Re: FTP isolation mode and Virtual FTP Directories

• From: "Chris Crowe [MVP 1997 -> 2006]" <IISMVP2005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 22:09:21 +1300

I know what you mean.

The only way to do this is to create a physical directory in the users area 
to match the virtual directory that you have created (Remember that the user 
can ftp to the virtual directory but they will  not see the virtual 
directory in the list, if they use CWD it will work)

So for example:

FTP home Directory is c:\inetpub\ftproot

You create a virtual directory at the root of the FTP site called 
"Directory1" that points to "c:\inetpub\Directory1"

Say you are using LocalUser (as you say) so c:\inetpub\ftproot\LocalUser
And say your user is called "XYZ" so c:\inetpub\ftproot\LocalUser\XYZ (The 
users home directory)

You then need to create a physical directory called "Directory1" in the 
users "XYZ" folder so "c:\inetpub\ftproot\LocalUser\XYZ\Directory1" this now 
means that when the user "XYZ" will see "directory1" and if they go into 
that folder they see the content from "c:\inetpub\Directory1"

I really think they stuffed it up with this - better than IIS 5 but still 
crap.

-- 

Cheers

Chris Crowe [IIS MVP 1997 -> 2006]
http://blog.crowe.co.nz
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"Robin Walker" <rdhw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:%23NaSzK4JGHA.516@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I have IIS 6.0 set up with an FTP server in isolation mode, and a number of 
>FTP users defined under LocalUsers.  That all works.
>
> But I can find no way of defining Virtual FTP Directories at certain 
> points in each user's directory hierarchy, because the MMS for IIS Manager 
> does not enumerate physical directories under each FTP site.  Without the 
> directory enumeration in MMS, one cannot navigate to the point where a 
> Virtual Directory needs to be defined using the MMS.
>
> Yet all the Microsoft documentation suggests that this is possible.  For 
> instance:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/53e0e247-be2b-4b0d-8dee-04f71ad6c14a.mspx
>
> says:
>
> "In IIS Manager, expand the local computer, expand the FTP Sites folder, 
> expand the FTP site to which you want to add a virtual directory, 
> right-click the site or folder within which you wish to create the virtual 
> directory, point to New, and then click Virtual Directory."
>
> But one can't expand an FTP site down through its folders, because the MMS 
> does not enumerate FTP site structure.
>
> So how can I create FTP Virtual Directories at points in an FTP site 
> hierarchy.  What am I missing?
>
> -- 
> Robin Walker [MVP Networking]
> rdhw@xxxxxxxxx
> 


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