<wmpao@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>After installing Windows Server 2003, I have set up my server as an
>Application Server. I added a new site (through the web administration menu)
>and it works fine and the pages come up when I type in the URL. Using the
>web administration menu, I've also configured the FTP as follows: in "Site",
>"Application Setting", I checked the following "Create an FTP site to author
>content". It looks like this automatically created a virtual directory to my
>sites web root directory -- which is what I want, namely, to have my FTP user
>connect directly to the web root directory of my site to upload/change
>content.
>
>However, when I try to FTP to my site, I get an error message. Upon
>checking the system log, it shows:
>
>User mysite_Admin failed to log on, could not access the home directory /.
>
>I'm pretty sure this has something to do with permissions but I can't figure
>out what. Please help.

"wmpao" <wmpao@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> After installing Windows Server 2003, I have set up my server as an
> Application Server. I added a new site (through the web administration
menu)
> and it works fine and the pages come up when I type in the URL. Using the
> web administration menu, I've also configured the FTP as follows: in
"Site",
> "Application Setting", I checked the following "Create an FTP site to
author
> content". It looks like this automatically created a virtual directory to
my
> sites web root directory -- which is what I want, namely, to have my FTP
user
> connect directly to the web root directory of my site to upload/change
> content.
>
> However, when I try to FTP to my site, I get an error message. Upon
> checking the system log, it shows:
>
> User mysite_Admin failed to log on, could not access the home directory /.
>
> I'm pretty sure this has something to do with permissions but I can't
figure
> out what. Please help.