Re: Hosting web and ftp sites for users without a domain

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From: Tom Kaminski [MVP] ((A_at_T))
Date: 03/08/04 

Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 08:21:44 -0500

"Keith Keller" <kmkeller@kellerits.com> wrote in message
news:Oiw6je0AEHA.2632@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Tom,
> Thanks for responding.
> I'm a little slow on this I guess.
> I created a folder in Inetpub for the user and put a www subfolder in
> it. I also gave all the usual permisions and created him in the users
> on the server.
> I assume I have to use the port assignment method if they don't want to
> buy a domain, so I created an FTP site in IIS and used my internal IP
> address with a port assignment of 1050. IIS seemed to take it okay, but
> when I try to FTP to the site I get errors "200 type set to A" "500
> invalid port command" and "500 'LPRT (series of numbers)':command not
> understood"
> I'm a little lost here.
> Any suggestions?

Don't change ports at all. Just create a virtual folder on the FTP server
that points to the physical path where his root web folder is. Give the
virtual folder the same name as his account name so when he logs in via FTP
he will be placed into his folder. 

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Tom Kaminski IIS MVP
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