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Managing FTP Sites

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You can use the command-line script iisftp.vbs, stored in the systemroot\System32 directory, to create and manage FTP sites on computers running a member of the Microsoft Windows .NET Server family and Internet Information Services (IIS).

Iisftp.vbs performs some of the same operations that are available from IIS Manager. You can use either tool to administer IIS FTP sites. You must be a member of the Administrators group to run command-line scripts.

You can use iisftp.vbs for the following:

  • Creating FTP Sites: Describes how to create and isolate FTP sites on local or remote computers using iisftp.vbs.
  • Deleting FTP Sites: Describes how to delete FTP sites on local or remote computers using iisftp.vbs.
  • Starting FTP Sites: Describes how to start FTP sites on local or remote computers using iisftp.vbs.
  • Stopping FTP Sites: Describes how to stop FTP sites on local or remote computers using iisftp.vbs.
  • Pausing FTP Sites: Describes how to pause FTP sites on local or remote computers using iisftp.vbs.
  • Listing FTP Sites: Describes how to list FTP sites on local or remote computers using iisftp.vbs.
  • Setting Active Directory User Isolation: Describes how to get and set user isolation on local or remote computers using iisftp.vbs.