FTP User Isolation, with IIS 5?

#1 · 21-07-2003 1:17pm #1

Hi,

I have a dedicated web server [Windows 2000, IIS 5] with a few web sites hosted on it. Each site belongs to a different person, and I want each person to be able to ftp into their site only. At the moment, I can only seem to configure IIS to accept connections into the FTP Root. I couldn't seem to figure it out by looking at the settings on IIS, so I did a search and read an article on FTP User Isolation on the Microsoft Web Site. It seems, however, that this is just for IIS 6.0?

So my question is: Is it possible to set up FTP User Isolation on IIS 5? Or is there a workaround that will provide essentially the same functionality? I don't fancy setting up many ftp sites on different ports, but is this the only way around it [Bar upgrading to Windows 2003 Server

]?

Many thanks!

Serb

regi · 21-07-2003 1:35pm

Create a user with the correct permissions to access their directories.

Then with the internet services manager, create a new FTP virtual directory - call it exactly the same name as the user - then point it at the user's directories and give it read/write permissions as you like.

Voila

Serbian · 21-07-2003 1:53pm

Regi, ya beauty

Thanks for that. I now have the problem that the users can go back one level and see all the folders for the web sites though.. hmm, I guess I have to set the permissions on the web directory?

Thanks again

Serb

regi · 21-07-2003 1:55pm

Yup, you've just got to fix all the permissions on the directories.

wicklah · 21-07-2003 2:06pm

Create an empty dir and point the FTP Site to it (not the virtual directories)

wicklah · 21-07-2003 2:08pm

(as in

\EmptyDir for the FTP Site and then your virtuals would be

\Customers\customer1

\Customers\customer2 etc)

FTP User Isolation, with IIS 5?

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