Hello all,

I have a folder named hrisoft placed under c:\ (c:\hrisoft).
I have configured this file through IIS to be a virtual directory.When i want to access its files i have to type:
What I want to do is to be able to access these files like this:
Thanks in advance for any possible answers

Well, if you want to do that, I guess you have to point the root of your Web site to c:\hrisoft

So, instead of adding it as a Virtual Directory, open the Properties for Default Web Site (or another name if you have multiple Web sites), and have Local Path on the Home Directory tab point to c:\hrisoft

As far as the name of the server is concerned, is your machine named hrisoft or not? If it's not, the http://hrisoft is not going to work. The client browser needs to now where hrisoft is located. You can do that by adding 127.0.0.1 hrisoft to your lmhost file in your Windows\system32\drivers\etc folder. This way, the browser knows that hrisoft is actually located at 127.0.0.1

This won't work for external machines trying to connect to hrisoft as long as they don't have a valid entry to your machine in their local lmhosts file.

In this scenario, you should also add a Host Header in IIS to your Web site so IIS listens to hrisoft as well. To set this, click the Advanced button on the Web Site tab for your Web site.

Cheers,

Imar


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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.

This is kind of restricting isn't it?If i want another Web Site to run I have to put it under hrisoft, right?

Kostas Lagos

It depends on your IIS version. If you have a "real version", you can create multiple Web sites. Simply right-click your server name or Web sites, and choose New Web site (or something like that). This allows you to create multiple sites. I think that this works fine on Windows Server editions (2000, 2003 etc), but not on XP.

To distinguish between sites, IIS needs a unique profile for each site. Basically, the Host Header name an the port number make up a unique site. So http://MySite and http://YourSite can run on the same machine (port 80 is used as the default port). Also, http://MySite:80 and http://MySite:81 can also run at the same time.

ISPs use host headers to distinguish between sites. So www.yourSite.com and www.MySite.com can both run at one physical machine and IP address, yet the Web server is able to see what site belongs where.

In your case, it all depends on what hrisoft is. If you replace it with Internet IP names (i.e. www.yourSite.com and your machine has the IP address that belongs to this URL), things will work fine.

If hrisoft is a local name and you expect your local machine and other machines in your network to see it it, you'll need to add entries to LMHost or setup a DNS server in your network that takes care of these things.

In all cases, the Host Header in IIS is an important part......

Cheers,

Imar


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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.

Thanks Imar for all that great info!
I cleared out some things

Kostas Lagos