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Fri Jul 02 00:33:57 CDT 2004
"Alun Jones [MSFT]" <alunj@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:uODe$v7XEHA.2500@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> "root" <postmaster@buchanangc.com> wrote in message
> news:u1xu4$zXEHA.2388@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > I followed all the rules and instructions and set as many permissions as
> > permissively as possible for all but still virtual directories added to
> the
> > ftp site don't show to a web user coming in anonymously. All the stuff
in
> > the standard home directory shows normally. Is there some detail/trick
I'm
> > missing? Help please.
>
> That is by design - file listings contain only physical directories, not
> virtual ones.
Yes, but one of the help screens in this arena says(SBS2003):
"A virtual directory is a directory that is not contained within the home
directory. To a visitor of your site, it appears as though the virtual
directory is contained within the home directory"
The above is VERY misleading!
> If you want something to show up that can be used to indicate
> the virtual directory's presence, you will need to create a physical
> directory with the same name as the virtual directory.
That physical directory must be under the ftproot tree I assume. The whole
reason I used the virtual directory was for a directory NOT under the
ftproot(home directory) tree. So what good would adding a directory in the
tree named the same as the virtual directory do?
If one did as you suggest(let's say vdir) and then from web entered
ftp.xzy.com/vdir then which one would you get?
Thanks for your response.