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what is the main use of virual directory

how it work pls clear my doubt
Dec 19 '06 #1
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Tukumbi
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Hi
The way I understand is that you can have a virtual directory that "points" to another location either on your harddrive or on another pc connected on your network.

So for example:
wwwroot may contain a virtual directory "PlayTough" . This directory actually may point to say
C:\My Documents\Games \PlayTough\

a user would however browse to say
http://myServer/PlayTough and then view the web pages whcih are actually store in
C:\My Documents\Games \PlayTough\inde x.htm etc.

The problem that I'm having is that I can create the virtual directory, but cannot seem to have users access it over the network without:
1) disabling the windows firewall &/or
2) sharing the folder "PlayTough" (as in the above example) on the network, which should not be the case!

So, if anyone can further clarify the "IIS 5.1 Virtual Directory" security issue, it would be appreciated. Also, I hope that this is helpful in explaining the purpose of a virtual dirtectory. Please if I'm wrong aboiut the use of the virtual directory, please say so..... some experts please!

Regards
Tukumbi
Dec 22 '06 #2

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