[SPAM ??]RE: [Declude.JunkMail] WAY OT: FTP 'Default" Directory

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We too give dedicated FTP (download only) areas for all of our websites; for customers to upload their site info, we set up the virtual directories for customer login just as previously mentioned by placing virtual directories under the main NIC IP FTP area; this way a customer logs into ftp://server.host.name/username   and theya re taken dorectly to their root site level ready for uploads..   Sincerely, Randy Armbrecht Global Web Solutions, Inc. 804-346-5300 x112 877-800-GLOBAL (4562) x112 http://globalweb.net   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Doherty Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 4:07 PM To: Declude.JunkMail@declude.com Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] WAY OT: FTP 'Default" Directory We actually set the websites up with dedicated FTP sites at the same IPs, so the virtual directory procedure is not something we use any more. I suppose I could set him up with a virtual directory within his FTP site, though. Thanks for the idea!   -d   ----- Original Message ----- From: JR Tatum To: Declude.JunkMail@declude.com Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 3:42 PM Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] WAY OT: FTP 'Default" Directory Dave,   Others will likely have a better procedure but we set up a "virtual" directory in IIS Manager to direct the user to the root of their site. Open IIS Manager > right-click on the FTP site and select New > Virtual Directory. We give it the users login name. The path is <website directory>\<website name>. This will direct the user to the root of the site when they log in with IE or an FTP client.   JR    From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Doherty Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 3:11 PM To: Declude.JunkMail@declude.com Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] WAY OT: FTP 'Default" Directory Hi, y'all-   I installed a new Windows 2000 server yesterday, and today one of the customers emailed me that FTP lands him inside his directory structure and he can't climb up to the root. He uses IE as his FTP client. I checked the FTP setup for his site, and it is set up correctly to point to his root.   So I tried it with WS_FTP, and sure enough, you get into a directory called "Default". With WS_FTP you can climb up one level to the root. With IE, you cannot. (The "up" buton on IE gives you the previous page visited.)   Thinking that the directory name "Default" might be the culprit, I renamed it. Sure enough, IE and WS_FTP behaved normally. So it looks like the server is routing FTP requests on its own to this directory if it exists.   I searched for documentation on this, and found nothing anywhere. Probably didn't look in the right place, but out of curiosity, have any of you seen this one before?   -Dave Doherty  Skywaves, Inc.