How to Configure a Remote Network Share

 

How to configure a remote network share To create a virtual directory to a remote network share, create the share, and then store the Web content in that share. Set the appropriate sharing permissions, and then add the appropriate NTFS permissions to control access to the folder that contains your content.

Note ou can also publish Web content to the remote share after the virtual directory is created.

How to create a virtual directory !.

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#lick Start , point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Services Manager .

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$n the Internet Information Services  window, e%pand * server name &where server

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(ight)click the Web site that you want &for e%ample, Default Web Site', point to New, and then click Virtual Directory . *n the Welcome to te Virtual Directory !reation Wi"ard  page, click Ne#t .

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*n the Virtual Directory Alias page, type the alias that you want &for e%ample, Sales', and then click Ne#t .  page, type the +N# path to the remote folder that you have created &for e%ample, $$ Server $ Share', and then *n the Web Site !ontent Directory  page, click Ne#t .

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*n the %ser Name and Password  page, type the user name and password that has sufficient privileges to gain access to the remote folder.

Note To maintain the highest levels of security, use an account that has the minimum permissions that are necessary to provide access to the remote content.

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#lick Ne#t , re)type the password that you used in step eight in the !onfirm Password dialog bo%, and then click &' .

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*n the Access Permissions page, click to select the check bo%es of the permissions that you want to set for the virtual directory.

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y default, (ead permissions and (un scripts permissions are already selected. For e%ample, if you want to allow users to change the content in the virtual directory, click to select the Write check bo%. #lick Ne#t , and then click (inis .

Note The virtual directory inherits the configuration and security settings of the Web site in which it is created.

How to test the virtual directory !.

Start $nternet -%plorer.

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$n the Address bo%, type the +(" to your Web server &for e%ample, tt)++ /.

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How to remove a virtual directory To delete a virtual directory, remove the alias that $nternet $nformation Services &$$S' uses to reference the content stored in that directory.

Note When you delete a virtual directory, the network share and its content are not also deleted. To delete a virtual directory, follow these steps1

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#lick Start , point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Services Manager .

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$n the Internet Information Services  window, click to e%pand * server name &where server

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-%pand the Web site that contains the virtual directory that you want to delete. For e%ample, e%pand Default Web Site.

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(ight)click the virtual directory that you want &for e%ample, Sales' and then click Delete.

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#lick -es when the following message is displayed1 0re you sure you want to delete this item2 Web content remains in the remote folder to which the virtual directory was mapped. Note The Stop, and then restart the W eb site1

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