Playing around with IIS(FTP)

Hey I noticed that you can create virual directories in the ftp service running on windows 2003 server, using IIS.

Can anybody tell me exactly wats a virtual directory and how it can be used in the ftp service..or any of its benifits???

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Sie

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/8c110149-8060-4dd7-9bdb-e262c21483dd.mspx?mfr=true

Sorry for the HUGE url but check here....

Basically its a fuzzy user friendly header for another folder or location.

IE: \\servername\cheese rather than \\servername\C$\Home\Food\Cheese

royal

In short, a Virtual Directory is a directory that shows up in a web site url or an ftp directory that is mapped to a specific place on the server's hard drive.

http://www.zerog.com/ianetmanual/IISVDirs_O.html

kenny504

Thanks guys. Got it!

jasonboche

Virtual Directories also play a significant role in FTP server. They can serve as "home folder locations" for user logons.