File Properties - File Property Sheet

Use this property sheet to set properties for a file in your Web site. When a browser requests this file, the Web server can return either of the following:

• The designated file.
  
  
• A redirection to a URL. Browsers requesting a resource at the original URL are automatically given the destination URL provided in the Redirect To text box so that they can request the resource again.

Path

Shows the location of the file.

Redirect To

Type a valid destination URL. To map requests to another Web site, use a fully qualified URL, for example, http://tempserver. To map requests to a virtual directory, use a virtual path; for example, /newcatalog. You can use redirect variables and wild cards in the destination URL to control which portions of the original URL are mapped into the destination URL.

Access Permissions

The Access Permissions properties appear when you are working with a file instead of a redirected URL. Use these check boxes to determine the type of access allowed to a file. If the file is on a Windows NT File System (NTFS) drive, the NTFS settings for the file must match these settings. If the settings do not match, the most restrictive settings take effect. For example, if you give a file Write permission in this property sheet but give a particular user group only Read access permissions in NTFS, those users cannot write over this file because the Read permission is more restrictive.

Read  Enables Web clients to read or download this file. If a client sends a request for a file that does not have Read permission, the Web server returns an error. Generally, you should give Read permission only to files containing information to publish (HTML files, for example). You should disable Read permission for an application file to prevent clients from downloading the file.

Write  Enables Web clients to upload files to the enabled directory on your server, or to change content in a Write-enabled file. Write can only be done with a browser that supports the Put feature of the HTTP 1.1 protocol standard.

Content Control

The Content Control properties appear when you are working with a file instead of a redirected URL.

Log Access Select this check box to record requests for this file in a log file. Requests are recorded only if logging is enabled for this Web site. Logging is enabled by default. To turn off logging, select the Web site, open its property sheets, click the Web Site tab, and then clear the Enable Logging check box.

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