Re: FTP setup nightmare on windows 2003

From: Jeff Cochran (jeff.nospam_at_zina.com)
Date: 01/02/05 

Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 16:31:22 GMT

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 22:34:54 -0800, "Shabam"
<chalupa@yomama-nospam.com> wrote:

>"Bernard" <qbernard@hotmail.com.discuss> wrote in message
>news:%237yg0k77EHA.4072@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> If you still stuck, try filemon and see what directory that IIS is sending
>> the user to, and check if the user has access permission on the folder.
>
>Thanks! I tried that tool and found that the FTP server was trying to set
>the user's root to be E:\John\LocalUser\John\ even though I had initially
>set it to just E:\John\. After creating the LocalUser\John\ folder it now
>works.
>
>Why is Windows 2003 insisting on that path? How can I set it to just be
>E:\John\ ?

Use a virtual folder. And read the links I posted on FTP setup, there
is a specific directory structure dependent on isolation that must be
used.

Jeff

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