Categories: Windows Server

SOLVED: How To Setup User Isolation Mode in IIS FTP

After you have FTP setup in IIS, you might find that you want to be able to set each users FTP folder. To do this you need to set IIS FTP to run in USER ISOLATION MODE, and while this not hard, is it not obvious.

  1. Add the FTP EXTENSIBILITY sub-role in SERVER MANAGER > ADD ROLES AND FEATURES
  2. Create a file share on your network (i.e. \\DC1\TestFTPRoot\ )
  3. Create subfolder(s) under that FTP (i.e. \CLIENTS\INVOICES)
  4. In IIS click on FTP USER ISOLATION icon and then select FTP HOME DIRECTORY CONFIGURED IN ACTIVE DIRECTORY
  5. In ACTIVE DIRECTORY USERS AND COMPUTERS, click VIEW menu, enable ADVANCED FEATURES
  6. Double click on the user you want to set
  7. Click ATTRIBUTE EDITOR tab
  8. In msIIS-FTPRoot and set it to the shared folder you created in step 2 (i.e. \\DC1\TestFTPRoot\ )
  9. In msIIS-FTPDir and set it to the shared folder you created in step 3 settings (i.e. \CLIENTS\INVOICES)
  10. Restart your FTP site to have all the changes take effect
  11. Have a nice day

Published by
Ian Matthews

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