Changing the Home Directory

Each Web site must have one home directory. If you are setting up both a Web site and an FTP site on the same computer, you must specify a different home directory for each service (WWW and FTP). The default home directory for the WWW service is C:\InetPub\Wwwroot. The default home directory for the FTP service is C:\InetPub\Ftproot. You can choose a different directory as your home directory. For more information, refer to About Web Site Directories.

1. In Internet Service Manager, select a Web or FTP site and open its property sheets.
2. Click the Home Directory tab, and then specify where your home directory is located. You can select:
• A directory located on a hard disk on your computer.
• A share located on a another computer.
• A redirection to a URL (browsers requesting this URL are forwarded to a new URL). You cannot redirect an FTP directory.
3. In the text box, specify the path name, share name, or URL of your directory.

Note   If you select a directory on a network share, you may need to enter a user name and password to access the resource. We recommend that you use the IUSR_computername account. If you use an account that has administration permissions on the server, clients can gain access to server operations. This seriously jeopardizes the security of your network.

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