Migrating a Web Server to IIS 5.0

Completing FTP Site Migration

Here are a few steps you can take to reproduce (or add) special FTP site features.

Creating User Directories To have a user automatically placed in their own FTP directory when logging on, create a virtual FTP directory with the same name as the user.
Limiting Access You can lock anonymous users into the FTP directory so they cannot browse outside it, while still enabling an authenticated client (who is not using FrontPage) to upload files to the same FTP directory.
To limit access
1. In Windows Explorer, place the FTP directory under the Www root directory.
2. In the IIS snap-in, point the FTP server to the FTP directory.
3. While still in the IIS snap-in, create a second FTP server under the first one and give it the same name as the user name of the client who wants to upload files.
4. Point the second FTP server to the FTP directory (the same one as in step 2).
5. In Windows Explorer set the following NTFS permissions on the FTP directory: give Anonymous FTP User Full Control on the FTP directory and deny all permissions on the root directory.
After logging in, the authenticated client is placed in the virtual FTP site that has the same name. The client has full control over directory content and can upload files. An anonymous user who logs in will be able to read the files, but will have no control over them and will be unable to browse outside the virtual FTP directory.
Creating Welcome Messages On the Messages tab of FTP Site Properties, you can create a welcome message that will be displayed to users when they enter the FTP site.