thanks, thats cleared this up, i have managed to do exactly what i wanted
"Bernard Cheah [MVP]" wrote:
> Refer -
>
> How To Set Up Isolated Ftp Site
>
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=555018 >
> --
> Regards,
> Bernard Cheah
>
http://www.iis-resources.com/ >
http://www.iiswebcastseries.com/ >
http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/ >
>
> "Adam Simmonds (SimAda00)" <AdamSimmondsSimAda00@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in message news:355CC86A-C1F9-45FC-9E6C-AC6535E9ECB9@microsoft.com...
> > It is IIS6 - what is the user isolation feature?
> > --
> > _________________________
> > Adam Simmonds
> > Systems Administrator
> >
> >
> > "Bernard Cheah [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> That's the behavior with IIS 5. if you have IIS 6, then you can try the
> >> new
> >> user isolation feature.
> >> with 5, what you can do is use virtual directory at the root level, then
> >> map
> >> it to physical user folder
> >> even though user able to 'cd ..' back to the root, by design virtual
> >> directory is hidden from dir listing.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards,
> >> Bernard Cheah
> >>
http://www.iis-resources.com/ > >>
http://www.iiswebcastseries.com/ > >>
http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/ > >>
> >>
> >> "Adam Simmonds (SimAda00)"
> >> <AdamSimmondsSimAda00@discussions.microsoft.com>
> >> wrote in message
> >> news:059F20F1-758E-45E6-8D62-A3AEA79605B2@microsoft.com...
> >> >I am allowing users to access their home folders via ftp. The folders
> >> >are
> >> > restricted to the specific user and the system administrators. I have
> >> > set
> >> > the
> >> > root of the ftp site to the data store (\\data7\usrhomefolders) and i
> >> > read
> >> > a
> >> > article on the web which says that when you log on and their is a
> >> > folder
> >> > in
> >> > the ftp site named as the username it auotmatically jumps to it as the
> >> > root
> >> > for the user. The problem is the users require read access to the
> >> > store,
> >> > by
> >> > allowing this they are able to see into everyones folders, (i know i
> >> > could
> >> > stop the permissions from being in herited and set them on the
> >> > individual
> >> > folders but their must be a less time consuming way.)
> >> > --
> >> > _________________________
> >> > Adam Simmonds
> >> > Systems Administrator
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>