Webdav design

Hi,

I have a customer that has an FTP solution for their users.
Users log on to ftp.domain.com and specify their network credentials.
This is a Windows 2000 IIS server and the FTP site has been set so that the
home directory points to \\SERVER\SHARE
Under \\SERVER\SHARE we have all the user's home directories and in each
home directory we have a private folder.
Each home directory allows access to IUSR_IISSERVER so that they can publish
web content and other people can surf in to their website.
The private folder is not accessible to IUSR.
On the FTP site the UNCUsername attribute has been removed so that the
authenticated user's credentials are used when connecting to \\SERVER\SHARE

So when they access the FTP site ftp.domain.com and specify their network
creds they get automatically redirected to their own home directory under
\\SERVER\SHARE


I have propsed that we change this solution for one based on webdav using
SSL.
So the architecture would look a little like this:

ISA 2004 (with SSL cert) -------- IIS 6.0 (Webdav Server) ---------- File
Server with home directories

Does anyone know if we can get the redirect to work with web dav?
i.e. A user browses to https://webdav.domain.com and then enters thier
network creds. They then get redirected to their home directory under
\\SERVER\SHARE
Or must we specify https://webdav.domain.com/userid

Thanks in advance for any help
Simon

Chris
Wed Apr 05 13:06:36 CDT 2006

The auto redirection is a feature of the FTP Server and WebDav does not
support this feature.

You need to manually specify the users folder...

--

Cheers

Chris Crowe [IIS MVP 1997 -> 2006]
http://blog.crowe.co.nz
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"Simon Walsh" <simon.walsh@kerfi.com> wrote in message
news:e3S3rvIWGHA.4960@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I have a customer that has an FTP solution for their users.
> Users log on to ftp.domain.com and specify their network credentials.
> This is a Windows 2000 IIS server and the FTP site has been set so that
> the home directory points to \\SERVER\SHARE
> Under \\SERVER\SHARE we have all the user's home directories and in each
> home directory we have a private folder.
> Each home directory allows access to IUSR_IISSERVER so that they can
> publish web content and other people can surf in to their website.
> The private folder is not accessible to IUSR.
> On the FTP site the UNCUsername attribute has been removed so that the
> authenticated user's credentials are used when connecting to
> \\SERVER\SHARE
>
> So when they access the FTP site ftp.domain.com and specify their network
> creds they get automatically redirected to their own home directory under
> \\SERVER\SHARE
>
>
> I have propsed that we change this solution for one based on webdav using
> SSL.
> So the architecture would look a little like this:
>
> ISA 2004 (with SSL cert) -------- IIS 6.0 (Webdav Server) ---------- File
> Server with home directories
>
> Does anyone know if we can get the redirect to work with web dav?
> i.e. A user browses to https://webdav.domain.com and then enters thier
> network creds. They then get redirected to their home directory under
> \\SERVER\SHARE
> Or must we specify https://webdav.domain.com/userid
>
> Thanks in advance for any help
> Simon
>

Simon
Fri Apr 07 02:40:44 CDT 2006

Great. Just what I needed to know

Thanks Chris

/Simon
"Chris Crowe [MVP 1997 -> 2006]" <IISMVP2005@iisfaq.homeip.net> wrote in
message news:epR6luNWGHA.128@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> The auto redirection is a feature of the FTP Server and WebDav does not
> support this feature.
>
> You need to manually specify the users folder...
>
> --
>
> Cheers
>
> Chris Crowe [IIS MVP 1997 -> 2006]
> http://blog.crowe.co.nz
> ------------------------------------------------
>
>
> "Simon Walsh" <simon.walsh@kerfi.com> wrote in message
> news:e3S3rvIWGHA.4960@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a customer that has an FTP solution for their users.
>> Users log on to ftp.domain.com and specify their network credentials.
>> This is a Windows 2000 IIS server and the FTP site has been set so that
>> the home directory points to \\SERVER\SHARE
>> Under \\SERVER\SHARE we have all the user's home directories and in each
>> home directory we have a private folder.
>> Each home directory allows access to IUSR_IISSERVER so that they can
>> publish web content and other people can surf in to their website.
>> The private folder is not accessible to IUSR.
>> On the FTP site the UNCUsername attribute has been removed so that the
>> authenticated user's credentials are used when connecting to
>> \\SERVER\SHARE
>>
>> So when they access the FTP site ftp.domain.com and specify their network
>> creds they get automatically redirected to their own home directory under
>> \\SERVER\SHARE
>>
>>
>> I have propsed that we change this solution for one based on webdav using
>> SSL.
>> So the architecture would look a little like this:
>>
>> ISA 2004 (with SSL cert) -------- IIS 6.0 (Webdav Server) ---------- File
>> Server with home directories
>>
>> Does anyone know if we can get the redirect to work with web dav?
>> i.e. A user browses to https://webdav.domain.com and then enters thier
>> network creds. They then get redirected to their home directory under
>> \\SERVER\SHARE
>> Or must we specify https://webdav.domain.com/userid
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any help
>> Simon
>>
>
>