Add a Deny Authorization Rule

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

Create a deny rule when you want to deny access through FTP to Web content for specific roles, groups, or users.

To add a deny authorization rule

Open IIS Manager.
In Features View, double-click FTP Authorization Rules.
On the FTP Authorization Rules page, click Add deny rule in the Actions pane.
In the Add Deny Authorization Rule dialog box, select one of the following types of access:
- All Users: specifies that no users, whether they are anonymous or identified, can access the content.
- All Anonymous Users: specifies that anonymous users cannot access the content.
- Specified roles or user groups: specifies that only members of certain roles or user groups have no access the content. Type the role or user group in the box.
- Specified users: specifies that only certain users have no access to the content. Type the user ID in the box.
Under Permissions, you can use either or both of the following methods:
- Select Read to deny read access to the directory.
- Select Write to deny write access to the directory.