Basic Settings Dialog Box

Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista

Use the Basic Settings dialog box to set the physical path for your FTP site.

Note

To edit binding information for the site, use the Bindings Dialog Box.

UI Element List

Element Name Description

Web site name

Displays the friendly name for your site. The friendly name appears in the tree of IIS Manager.

Note
This field is read-only.

Application pool

Displays the selected application pool for the site.

Note

The application pool settings are ignored for sites that only have FTP bindings.

Select

Opens the Select Application Pool dialog box from which you can select the application pool in which the site will run.

Note

The application pool settings are ignored for sites that only have FTP bindings.

Physical path

Configures the physical path where the site content is stored. The content can reside on the local computer or come from a remote share. If your content is stored on the local computer, type the physical path, such as C:\Content. If your content is stored on a remote share, type the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path, such as \\Server\Share, and then optionally click Connect as to specify credentials to connect to the share. If you do not provide credentials to connect to the remote share, the server will use pass-through authentication and connect by using the application's user identity.

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Click to find the physical location of your site content.

Connect as

Click to open the Connect As dialog box, and provide credentials to connect to a UNC path. This button is enabled only when you type a UNC path in the Physical path box.

Test Settings

Opens the Test Settings dialog box from which you can view a list of test results to assess whether the path settings are valid.