FTP Virtual Directory Is Not Displayed in Directory Listing

ID: Q228909

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

A virtual directory in an FTP site cannot be seen by the client.

RESOLUTION

Under the FTP site's home directory, create a physical subdirectory with the same name as the alias of the virtual directory.

As an example, assume the FTP site is set up as follows:

FTP site home directory: C:\INETPUB\FTPROOT
Virtual directory alias: TEST
Physical directory associated with the TEST virtual directory: C:\FILES

Create a TEST subdirectory under the home directory. In this example, the full path for that subdirectory is C:\INETPUB\FTPROOT\TEST.

The next time you use the FTP client to browse the FTP site, you will see TEST listed as a directory.

When the TEST directory is opened, the contents of the physical directory C:\FILES will actually be displayed (rather than the contents of C:\INETPUB\FTPROOT\TEST).

Note: The names of the alias and matching physical subdirectories are NOT case sensitive.

Additional query words: vdir folder missing empty show listing ls dir

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Version : winnt:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbprb