ftp under windows xp

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Miha Pihler

Hi,

Open IIS management console (Start -> All Programs -> Administrative
Tools -> Internet Information Services. Expand FTP Sites and right click
Default FTP Site. Go to Home Directory and select where you want it to point
at (e.g. C:\My documents. Now if you select C:\My Documents no user will be
able to go to e.g. c:\ (outside My Documents folder) -- if you need your
users to access c:\ you should put in here c:\). Depending on options that
you want to have, turn on/off Read, Write, ... access. Click on Security
Accounts and disable "Allow Anonymous Accounts" if you don't want anonymous
connections, then through NTFS and local user accounts select who can access
your files on your hard drive (e.g. Write them, Read them,... )

Mike
 
Hi. I just got ftp running under winXP. I can access the PC from a mac or
other PC, and the PC running winXP will see the ftp session, including the
IP address of the machine accessing it. However, when I send the "pwd"
command to see what directory I'm in, it returns "/". I cannot change the
directory to the c: directory. Using "cd c:", it returns a message about
incorrect syntax. If I send "cd c", it says it cannot find the directory or
file. It seems to respond to help queries, but I can't "put" or "get" files.
Any ideas on how to get ftp to operate properly? (I got it running using
IIS under "Add/Remove Windows Components" in "Add/Remove
Programs". I selected FTP in the "Details" section under IIS.) Thanks
 
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