chmod and FTP

[lysergic]

Is there anyway to do a chmod command (or its like since chmod I do not believe is supported by IIS) in IIS? Specifically want to allow users to upload files through ftp and be able to change the read/write/excute permissions for scripts such as cgi.

[Captain_Kirk]

Sorry man... Don't know that one. Would however suggest you visit msdn.microsoft.com and have a look there. Search for it and you should find something.

[ShadowKing]

Goto Internet Services Manager and click the + sign next to the Default FTP Site. Now right click on one of the folders and click properties. You can clearly see that there are Read, Write, and Log Visits check boxes.
Check the appropriate ones for the permissions you want assigned. Also make sure that NTFS Permissions allow what you want done also...

[lysergic]

Thats all well and good but now go into an FTP client (or even IE) and try to change the permissions of a file. All that does is allow uploads. My question was is there a any way for a FTP client to use a command, like chmod, to change the permissions on a microsoft platform.

[Ron Prestenback]

There are some utilities in the Server Resource kit that might be able to do what you're talking about. If you mean command line functionality, that is. There is no command in the default OS to change permissions for a file from the command line, and there is no default GUI method of changing permissions in Win2K through an FTP client. You can enable it through setting permissions for anonymous access, but in doing so, you will have to step very carefully to insure you don't open your entire machine to the internet. The best resource for this is the Microsoft site. Start with the Knowledge Base (www.microsoft.com, mouse-over Support, click on Knowledge Base). If that doesn't help, try www.microsoft.com/technet. You should find something in there. Meanwhile, I'll look over my W2K server RK to see if any files in there might do the trick.

[Ron Prestenback]

By the way, in the above post, it changed the URL i typed in to a hyperlink. This was unintentional. That hyperlink will not work because I put a period to end the sentence at the end. I forgot about the automatic hyperlinking. You can click on this to go there however: http://www.microsoft.com/technet
and here for the Knowledge Base:http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp?fr=0&SD=GN&LN=EN-US

[Ron Prestenback]

Damnit, the KB URL didn't work this time...grin...OK here ya go:

http://search.support.microsoft.com/...SD=GN&LN=EN-US