How to Create a Per User FTP Directory Structure

 Last reviewed: November 13, 1997
Article ID: Q170868

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Information Server versions 2.0 and 3.0

SUMMARY

You can allow validated FTP users to logon to their own directories without having to change directories.

MORE INFORMATION

When you use FTP under Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 with Internet Information Server (IIS), and when you access the FTP site, you go to the default FTP directory.

To go to a personal directory upon login without having to change directories, a virtual directory alias named with your FTP account name has to be established.

  1. Run Internet Service Manager.

  2. Select the FTP service.

  3. Select Properties from the menu bar. Then select Service Properties... to see the FTP Service Properties for (selected computer) dialog box.

    NOTE: On the Service tab, make sure the Allow Only Anonymous Connections check box is clear (not selected).

  4. By default, the user account must have Log On Locally rights.

  5. You must have permission to see both the FTP root directory, and the directory you want them to FTP to.

  6. Select the Directories tab. Click Add.

  7. Click Browse..., and select the directory on the hard drive you would like the user to have access to.

  8. Select the Virtual Directory radial button.

  9. In the Alias: edit box, type the name of the user. This is the same name the user will use to log onto the FTP server.

    For example: Username: GEORGE Alias: GEORGE

  10. Check the appropriate access rights check boxes: "READ" "WRITE".

    NOTE: To allow the user to upload files to this directory, the user must have "WRITE" rights.

  11. Click OK.

  12. In the FTP Service Properties for (selected computer) dialog box, click Apply. Click OK.

    The user upon logging onto the FTP server with his or her account should now be placed in the virtual directory you created. 

Keywords          : iisconfig kbusage
Version           : WinNT:2.0,3.0
Platform          : winnt
Hardware          : ALPHA x86
Issue type        : kbprb
Solution Type     : kbworkaround

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Last reviewed: November 13, 1997
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