|
Home > Archive > IIS FTP Server > March 2004 > Dreamweaver access to WS03/IIS6
You are viewing an archived Text-only version of the thread.
To view this thread in it's original format and/or if you want to reply to
this thread please [click here]
| Author |
Dreamweaver access to WS03/IIS6
|
|
|
| Newbie question:
I've just set up a Windows Server 2003 running IIS6 and was able to successfully
connect over the internet and view the default web page. Now I want to edit and
upload web pages (from my workstation) via FTP using Dreamweaver MX. How do I
set up the server to accept the FTP connection from Dreamweaver?
The parameters I need to put in Dreamweaver are:
Type of access - FTP
FTP host - 209.40.39.9 (example IP Address)
Host directory - //WS03IIS6/inetpub/wwwroot/ (should I back "\"or forward
"/"slashes?)
Login - administrator
Password - password
Also, should I use Passive FTP? Other issues/concerns?
Thanks in advance.
| |
| Bernard 2004-03-30, 4:34 am |
| Read -
Information About the IIS File Transmission Protocol (FTP) Service
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=283679
it apply to IIS6 as well. as long as you can connect to
the server and has permission to write files, you should be fine.
next, make sure you protect the web files and directory correctly
with proper NTFS permissions, ensure only 'admin' user has write access.
and IIS ftp is transmitting in plain text mode, so it can be sniff.
you can try various method in the above kb to secure the connection.
e.g. vpn. and etc.
--
Regards,
Bernard Cheah
http://support.microsoft.com/
http://www.msmvps.com/bernard/
"deko" <dje422@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:#cqQTcfFEHA.2404@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Newbie question:
>
> I've just set up a Windows Server 2003 running IIS6 and was able to
successfully
> connect over the internet and view the default web page. Now I want to
edit and
> upload web pages (from my workstation) via FTP using Dreamweaver MX. How
do I
> set up the server to accept the FTP connection from Dreamweaver?
>
> The parameters I need to put in Dreamweaver are:
>
> Type of access - FTP
> FTP host - 209.40.39.9 (example IP Address)
> Host directory - //WS03IIS6/inetpub/wwwroot/ (should I back "\"or forward
> "/"slashes?)
> Login - administrator
> Password - password
>
> Also, should I use Passive FTP? Other issues/concerns?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
| |
| Paul Lynch 2004-03-30, 4:34 am |
| On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 17:34:48 -0800, "deko" <dje422@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Newbie question:
>
>I've just set up a Windows Server 2003 running IIS6 and was able to successfully
>connect over the internet and view the default web page. Now I want to edit and
>upload web pages (from my workstation) via FTP using Dreamweaver MX. How do I
>set up the server to accept the FTP connection from Dreamweaver?
>
>The parameters I need to put in Dreamweaver are:
>
>Type of access - FTP
>FTP host - 209.40.39.9 (example IP Address)
>Host directory - //WS03IIS6/inetpub/wwwroot/ (should I back "\"or forward
>"/"slashes?)
>Login - administrator
>Password - password
>
>Also, should I use Passive FTP? Other issues/concerns?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
In addition to Bernard's suggestions try this :
http://www.macromedia.com/support/d...r/site_ftp.html
Regards,
Paul Lynch
MCSE
| |
|
| > it apply to IIS6 as well. as long as you can connect to
> the server and has permission to write files, you should be fine.
>
> next, make sure you protect the web files and directory correctly
> with proper NTFS permissions, ensure only 'admin' user has write access.
>
> and IIS ftp is transmitting in plain text mode, so it can be sniff.
> you can try various method in the above kb to secure the connection.
> e.g. vpn. and etc.
Thanks for the reply. I looked at a few KB articles, including the one you
recommended. I have a unix background and have set up several LAMP servers -
this is my first IIS box. So, the first thing I wanted to do was set up a home
directory in which I would create a public_html directory. I assume this is
pretty standard - or is there some reason I should use wwwroot?
In any case, I soon realized that after I created a user - "amazon", for
example - I needed to log out and log back in as amazon before the home
directory was created (C:\Documents and Settings\amazon). So I logged out and
back in as amazon, created the public_html directory, then logged out and back
in again as administrator. Then I went to the IIS admin utility and created a
new ftp site "amazon", with C:\Documents and Settings\amazon\public_html as the
home directory. I tried using the "Isolate this account" feature but then I
could not log in via ftp - kept getting error 503 - "directory in inaccessible",
or something like that. Also, I had to right click on the ftp sites directory
icon (in which I created the amazon ftp site) and change some permissions and
settings... any clarification you care to offer here will be much appreciated -
I'm still a bit fuzzy on this... - why couldn't I get the Isolate this account
feature working? do I need that if I have a separate ftp site just for uploading
content?
Okay, so now I was able to ftp into the site, landing in C:\Documents and
Settings\amazon\public_html by default. Then I created a new website and used
the same home directory from which to serve up content. Again, I had to mess
with some permissions... I know this can be dangerous - I'll lock this down as
soon as I figure out how. I think IIS is like a nuclear power plant - there are
advantages to nuclear power, but you'd better have the recourses, time and
talent to secure it or you're headed for a meltdown...
| |
| Bernard 2004-03-31, 3:35 am |
| Wow.. now.. I guess you apply unix world knowledge to IIS.
home directory in windows is different with those in *nix world.
let's don't go that part.
Now, say you have two user - A & B
you create a normal ftp site (standard user isolation)
ftproot -> D:\ftpfiles\
for users folders you create
userA -> D:\ftpfiles\localuser\userA
userb -> D:\ftpfiles\localuser\userB
test the ftp. go to command prompt, enter
'ftp x.x.x.x(iP)'
if userA can login, it will be redirect to this folder
D:\ftpfiles\localuser\userA
now, for website.. you can configure website home
directory to point to this parth for user A
yourwebsite / virtual directory -> D:\ftpfiles\localuser\userA
so when user upload files to this folder,it will reflect to the
web site.. now ensure 'content' user upload is valid.
make sure they damage your server.
you have 3 tasks. so do it one by one.
1) configure ftp
2) configure website to point to the correct path
3) configure dreamweaver or etc
and skip the home directory concept.
--
Regards,
Bernard Cheah
http://support.microsoft.com/
http://www.msmvps.com/bernard/
"deko" <dje422@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:PObac.30478$vC2.2533@newssvr29.news.prodigy.com...
>
> Thanks for the reply. I looked at a few KB articles, including the one
you
> recommended. I have a unix background and have set up several LAMP
servers -
> this is my first IIS box. So, the first thing I wanted to do was set up a
home
> directory in which I would create a public_html directory. I assume this
is
> pretty standard - or is there some reason I should use wwwroot?
>
> In any case, I soon realized that after I created a user - "amazon", for
> example - I needed to log out and log back in as amazon before the home
> directory was created (C:\Documents and Settings\amazon). So I logged out
and
> back in as amazon, created the public_html directory, then logged out and
back
> in again as administrator. Then I went to the IIS admin utility and
created a
> new ftp site "amazon", with C:\Documents and Settings\amazon\public_html
as the
> home directory. I tried using the "Isolate this account" feature but then
I
> could not log in via ftp - kept getting error 503 - "directory in
inaccessible",
> or something like that. Also, I had to right click on the ftp sites
directory
> icon (in which I created the amazon ftp site) and change some permissions
and
> settings... any clarification you care to offer here will be much
appreciated -
> I'm still a bit fuzzy on this... - why couldn't I get the Isolate this
account
> feature working? do I need that if I have a separate ftp site just for
uploading
> content?
>
> Okay, so now I was able to ftp into the site, landing in C:\Documents and
> Settings\amazon\public_html by default. Then I created a new website and
used
> the same home directory from which to serve up content. Again, I had to
mess
> with some permissions... I know this can be dangerous - I'll lock this
down as
> soon as I figure out how. I think IIS is like a nuclear power plant -
there are
> advantages to nuclear power, but you'd better have the recourses, time and
> talent to secure it or you're headed for a meltdown...
>
>
| |
|
| > you have 3 tasks. so do it one by one.
> 1) configure ftp
> 2) configure website to point to the correct path
> 3) configure dreamweaver or etc
Okay - I will try it again... will post back with results.
|
|
|
|
|