FTP Server Administration

In addition to the World Wide Web service, Microsoft Personal Web Server includes File Transfer Protocol (FTP).

To create an FTP site on your computer

1. In Control Panel, double-click the Personal Web Server icon.
2. Click the Services tab.
3. On the Services property sheet, select FTP, and then click Start.

By default, your home directory is C:\WebShare\Ftproot. You can, however, set a different directory to be the FTP home directory.

To set a different directory to be the home directory

1. In Control Panel, double-click the Personal Web Server icon.
2. On the Administration tab, click Administration.
3. On the Internet Services Administrator page, click FTP Administration.
4. On the Directories tab, click Add.
5. Type the path of a directory on your computer, or click Browse to search for the directory.
6. Click Home Directory.
7. To give people write access to the directory, in the Access box, select the Write check box.
   -or-
   To give people read-only access to the directory, select the Read check box.

After you have set up your home directory, you can configure it.

To configure your home directory

1. In Control Panel, double-click the Personal Web Server icon.
2. On the Administration tab, click Administration.
3. On the Internet Services Administrator page, click FTP Administration.
4. On the FTP Administration page, click the Service tab, and then make the changes you want.

Traditionally, anonymous FTP users log on by using their e-mail addresses as passwords. Note that Internet Explorer automatically logs on anonymously to all FTP servers that permit anonymous logon.
If you want to prevent people from using user names, select the Allow Only Anonymous Connections check box.

When Allow Only Anonymous Connections is selected, no account other than "anonymous" can log on. This is useful for security because intruders cannot attempt to gain access with the administrator account.

To get information about all the current connections to your FTP site

1. In Control Panel, double-click the Personal Web Server icon.
2. On the Administration tab, click Administration.
3. On the Internet Services Administrator page, click FTP Administration.
4. On the FTP Administration page, click the Services tab, and then click Show Current Sessions.
   

Restricting access to your FTP site

If you do not have File and Print Sharing enabled, the FTP Service uses the Local User Administration to create users, groups, and passwords for users and groups.