IIS FTP service overview page

IIS FTP Server is a part of the Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) that manages File Transfer protocol (FTP) service.

On this page you can view the following information:

General Information

•  URL: The URL of your FTP site.

Feature Configurations

• Allow Anonymous Connections: Denotes that an anonymous users has access to the IIS FTP site. When this check box is not selected, users will need to enter valid Site user names and passwords to log on to the FTP site. If this option is selected and a valid account does not exist, the user can log on using an anonymous user name.

• Maximum Number of Connections Allowed: Represents the number of simultaneous connections allowed at any given point in time for a site.

• Server Connection Timeout: The time (in seconds) to disconnect an inactive user from the server.

• Enable FTP Site Logging: This enables FTP site logging.

• Select Log Type

• Microsoft IIS Log File Format: Is a fixed (non-customizable) ASCII format. It records more items of information than the NCSA Common format.

• W3C Extended Log File Format: Is a customizable ASCII format with a variety of different fields.

• Port Number: The FTP port number represents the port on which the service is running.

Site Visitor Permissions

• Allow File Download (Read): Denotes that you can download files and list directories. If this permission is removed, then users (including you) will not be able to log on to the site's FTP site.

• Allow File Upload (Write): Denotes that you can upload files.

• Note: These permissions are applied only to the ftproot directory and not propagated to virtual directories created by you.

FTP User Accounts Information

• Number of FTP User Accounts: The number of FTP users created and the maximum number of FTP users that can be created.

Text of Site Messages

• Welcome Message Text: The message displayed when the user logs on to the FTP Server.

• Exit Message Text: The message displayed when the users logs off from the FTP Server.

• Maximum Connections Exceeded Message Text: The message displayed when the limit for the maximum number of client connections to the FTP service is reached.