![]() So what happens when we log in via FTP? Well nothing. So now ftpuser2 has the necessary permissions to read the log files in the W3SVC3 folder and access them using their FTP client. That is straight forward so I’m not going to walk through that. One additional step is to add the FTP user to the folder permissions. Enter the Alias you want to use and browse the physical path to which you want to provide FTP access. This will open the Add Virtual Directory window. In the IIS Manger right-click on the FTP user in question and then right-click again on Add Virtual Directory. So let’s walk through how to provide “ftpuser2” FTP access to his site’s traffic logs. ![]() On my test server they’re stored in the folder C:\Ordinarily on a locked down web server no FTP user would ever be able to access this location. These logs are typically stored outside of the FTP path somewhere else on the web server. Probably one of the most common requests with web hosting is having access to the web site traffic logs. As one would expect this is the folder where the user can maintain all their web site files. In this example I have “ftpuser2” logging into a folder called c:\domains\. My test server only has 1 IP address available so I’ve configured a “master” FTP site and have FTP user access configured accordingly for each site that is being hosted. Your server may have FTP publishing configured on each site for example. Depending on your needs one can have FTP configured in a few different ways. I will show you a simple trick so the virtual directory will be visible to the FTP user. To get to the new folder they have to manually change the path using their FTP client. If you’ve ever created one, then you know the FTP user is usually not able to physically “see” the virtual directory when they login. ![]() An FTP virtual directory is quite handy when you need to provide an FTP user access to files which are not in their FTP root folder. If you ever used FTP 7 that was released with Windows 2008 then the GUI will be familiar to you. Configuring and using FTP with IIS 8 on Windows Server 2012 is very easy and straight forward. ![]()
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