"deko" <www-dot-clearpointsystems-dot-com@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Perhaps it will help if the problem is described in terms of just FTPing
> files (as boyjojo), and trying to get those files to go into a web site's
> home directory (in this case, the boyjojo's website's home directory).
>
> So I created an FTP Site (boyjojo) in User Isolation mode and made the
home
> directory: C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\boyjojo. The Web Site (boyjojo) has the
same
> home directory - this is by design so when I FTP a new web page (from
> Dreamweaver or whatever) it's immediately available over the internet (or
> intranet).
>
> Here's what happens when I try to ftp to the boyjojo FTP site:
>
> C:\>ftp 10.0.0.31
> Connected to 10.0.0.31.
> 220 Microsoft FTP Service
> User (10.0.0.31:(none)): boyjojo
> 331 Password required for boyjojo.
> Password:
> 530 User regular cannot log in, home directory inaccessible.
> Login failed.
> ftp>
>
> Is there anyway to ftp files to a website's home directory? I mean, there
> must be a way - what do hosting providers do when they host multiple
> customers on IIS? They have to allow FTP access somehow... ??
>
>

> If youa re using IIS 6 you can use Isolation Mode but the Directory
> structure has to follow a certain naming convention.

> You can also create a Virtual Directory under FTP

> name it the ID of the user and map it to the Web Home directory.

> Enable Read and Write and give the local user or Domain user
> the proper NTFS permissions.

> Anonumous can't log in either. I'm presently
> doing this successfully at my company.

"deko" <www-dot-clearpointsystems-dot-com@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> > If youa re using IIS 6 you can use Isolation Mode but the Directory
> > structure has to follow a certain naming convention.
>
> I created the following directory structure:
>
> c:\accounts\account1\wwwroot
> c:\accounts\account2\wwwroot
> c:\accounts\account3\wwwroot
> ...
>
> > You can also create a Virtual Directory under FTP
>
> I deleted the FTP site I had created perviously and created virtual
> directories under the default FTP site (and disabled anonymous access).
> Then I created virtual directories with alias of account1, account2,
> account3 respectively and pointed each one to it's corresponding wwwroot
> directory.
>
> > name it the ID of the user and map it to the Web Home directory.
>
> I deleted the Web sites I had created previoulsy and made a new web sites
> with home directories of:
>
> c:\accounts\account1\wwwroot
> c:\accounts\account2\wwwroot
> c:\accounts\account3\wwwroot
>
> Seems to be working - but now I FTP to the IP address of the server (not
the
> FTP site) and log in with "accountX" for a username and am taken directly
to
> that user's wwwroot directory. I assume this is correct...
>
> > Enable Read and Write and give the local user or Domain user
> > the proper NTFS permissions.
>
> Here's where I'm having trouble - regardless of what user I FTP in as, if
I
> issue the "cd /" and "dir" command, I see:
>
> account1
> account2
> account3
>
> and can cd into any of these directories. Is this a problem with how I've
> configured things, or just a NTFS permission problem?
>
> > Anonumous can't log in either. I'm presently
> > doing this successfully at my company.
>
> What about FTP passwords? Should I use SSL encription? I assume most
Hosts
> do this... (?) How to make secure?
>
>