Creating FTP Sites

When you install FTP Service for IIS, a default FTP site is created. Typically, the default FTP site is installed in %SystemDrive%\Inetpub\Ftproot. By adding subdirectories to this location, you can create the FTP site’s directory structure. By adding files to this directory or to subdirectories, you provide content for users to download. Users can access the FTP site using the FTP server name or by typing an appropriate URL in their browsers.

The default FTP site isn’t configured for isolated user directories. If you want to use this feature of IIS 6, you should create a new FTP site, specifying the type of user isolation you want to use. If you want the FTP site to use a new IP address, you must configure the IP address before ...

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