DOCUMENT:Q314932 29-APR-2002 [iis] TITLE :HOW TO: Create an FTP Folder with Read Access but Not List Acces PRODUCT :Internet Information Server PROD/VER::5.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbHOWTOmaster ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN THIS TASK ------------ - SUMMARY - Create the FTP Folder SUMMARY ======= This step-by-step article describes how to set up File Transfer Protocol (FTP) folders on an Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 Web server so that a user can access files when the user knows only the file name and the folder contents are not listed. Create the FTP Folder --------------------- 1. Create a folder that you want the FTP service to point to. 2. Right-click the folder, click Properties, and then click the Security tab. Grant Full Control permissions to only the Administrators group. NOTE: Remove the Everyone group if it is present. 3. Click Advanced, and then click Add to add a new rule. 4. In the account selection list, double-click the Anonymous User account or the group that is used for FTP access. 5. In the Apply Onto drop-down list, select Files Only. 6. Click to select Allow for the following permissions: - List Folder/Read Data - Read Attributes - Read Extended Attributes - Read Permissions 7. Click OK. 8. Click Add to add another rule. 9. Select the account that you selected in step 4. 10. In the Apply Onto list, click to select This Folder only. 11. Click to select Allow for the following permissions (note that List permissions are not listed): - Create Files/Write Data - Create Folders/Append Data - Write Attributes - Write Extended Attributes - Read Permissions 12. Click OK until you have closed all of the property windows. Additional query words: iis 5 ====================================================================== Keywords : kbHOWTOmaster Technology : kbiisSearch kbiis500 Version : :5.0 Issue type : kbhowto ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2002.