No. from FTP perspective, it is design to have localuser folder.
If the ftproot is d:\general\ the it will send the users to
d:\general\localuser\userXXX
This is how it is design, I don't quite get you on the virtual directory
part...
How To Set Up Isolated Ftp Site
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=555018
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"DreTheDog" <dre@demigoblin.com> wrote in message
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>I apologize, you only caught my reply to a different thread.  Here is the
>original starting point for you get get the jist of what is going on.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Windows Server 2003
> Isolated FTP site created.
>
> After setting up a virtual directory I try to log into the ftp and receive
> a
> "530 User <username> cannot log in, home directory inaccessible".
> Everything
> I have read to trouble-shoot this is negated because I followed the
> correct
> steps to the T. I checked the Event Viewer and it says the account
> succesfully logged onto the server, but it also says the prior error.
>
> I then ran SysInternals Filemon on the server and tried to connect. I
> isolated the attempt in Filemon and found that it was trying to access a
> different path. Here is the path I set "F:\general\directory" (names
> changed). Here is the path Filemon says it the user is trying to connect
> to
> "F:\general\LocalUser\directory". That struck me by suprise.
>
> The next step I took was create a directory called "LocalUser" under
> "F:\General" and move the directory I need to access into "LocalUser". I
> did
> not change the path in the IIS Virtual Directory. I attempted to connect
> and
> had success.
>
> I then proceeded to move the other directories I needed to create accounts
> for into the "LocalUser" directory. I created a Virtual Directory for a
> few
> of them using the new path, tried to connect to them and received the same
> error "530 User <username> cannot log in, home directory inaccessible".
> It's
> now trying to send the user to "F:\General\LocalUser\LocalUser\<directory
> name>.
>
> Please advise me on what I might be missing here. Is there some hidden
> configuration I need to change? Do I have to create each 100+ Virtual
> Directory and then move them into the "LocalUser" directory? I'm
> completely
> stumped.
>
> Thanks for you time,
>
>
> "Bernard Cheah [MVP]" <qbernard@hotmail.com.discuss> wrote in message
> news:%23LV4$sO6FHA.4076@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... 
>
>

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