"Roger Abell [MVP]" wrote:

> Personally, if I attempt to install something and it is so dumb
> as to assume the w3svc instance into which I want it installed,
> then I do not what that crap code installed anyway.
>
> The practice of moving the default site, or any other for that
> matter, to a NTFS partition used only for web content originated
> with attempts to prevent use of parent path traversal from getting
> to executables. If parent paths is enabled, this is still a valid
> practice as far as I can tell, although not necessarily to prevent
> execution of what it can potentially make accessible.
>
> Roger
>
> ""WenJun Zhang[msft]"" <wjzhang@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:IauxvBdVHHA.4088@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...
> > Hi Shaun,
> >
> > Yes, deleting the default web site is not recommended. This is because the
> > Default Web Site's ID in IIS metabase is 1 by default, i.e: /LM/W3SVC/1 .
> > You can check this by using Metabase Explorer utility in IIS 6.0 resource
> > kit tools:
> >
> > Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Resource Kit Tools
> > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=56fc
> > 92ee-a71a-4c73-b628-ade629c89499
> >
> > Some web application's uses the path /LM/W3SVC/1 by default. If the site
> > is
> > deleted, the installer cannot find this path and the installation process
> > fails.
> >
> > Setting the home folder path of the default web site and log file path to
> > a
> > dedicated NTFS volume shouldn't affect anything because most of web
> > application installation are using virtual directories. Even if it refers
> > to the Default Web Site's physical path, the installer should look for the
> > Path property under /LMW3SVC/1/Root to locate it and copy files.
> >
> > Please let me know if you have any further question.
> >
> > Thanks for using MSDN newsgroup and have a nice day.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > WenJun Zhang
> >
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