Internet Service Manager Help

## FTP Directory Properties

Configure the FTP service directories by using this dialog box.

### Directory

Sets the path to the directory to use for the FTP service.

### Browse button

Use to select the directory to use for the FTP service.

### Home Directory

Choose this to specify the root directory for the FTP service.

Internet Information Server provides a default home directory, Ftproot, for the FTP service. The files that you place in the FTP home directory, and its subdirectories, are available to remote browsers. You can change the location of the default home directory.

### Virtual Directory

Choose this to specify a subdirectory for the FTP service.

Alias Enter a name for the virtual directory. This is the name that is used to connect to the directory.

You can add other directories outside the home directory that are accessible to browsers as subdirectories of the home directory. That is, you can publish from other directories and have those directories accessible from within the home directory. Such directories are called "virtual directories."

Note that virtual directories will not appear in FTP directory listings; FTP users must know the virtual directory's alias, and type in its URL address in the FTP application or browser.

The administrator can specify the physical location of the virtual directory and the virtual name (alias), which is the directory name used by remote browsers.

The published directories can be located on local or network drives. If the virtual directory is a network drive, provide the user name and password with access to that network drive. Virtual directories on network drives must be on computers in the same Windows NT domain as the Internet Information Server.

### Account Information

This box is active only if the directory specifed in the first line of this dialog box is a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) server and share name, for example, \WebserverHtmlfiles. Enter the user name and password that has permission to use the network directory. Virtual directories on network drives must be on computers in the same Windows NT domain as the computer running Internet Information Server.

Important If you specify a user name and password to connect to a network drive, all Internet Information Server access to that directory will use that user name and password. You should use care when using UNC connections to network drives to prevent possible security breaches.

### Access check boxes

The Access check boxes control the attributes of the directory. If the files are on an NTFS drive, NTFS settings for the directory must match these settings.

Read Must be selected for FTP directories.

Write Allows clients to write files to the FTP server. Select this only for directories that are intended to accept files from users.

See also: The Internet Information Server Installation and Administration Guide. Choose Help Topics from Internet Service Manager, or click the Product Documentation icon in the Microsoft Internet Server program group.

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