...but they can be.

By default, all FTP Sites within IIS are read-only sites. If you want someone to be able to upload files, you just tick the Write box on the Home Directory tab, and you're set. … more

In Part 1 of this article we wrote a short script to re-enable Access-Based Enumeration on a clustered file share. In part 2, we'll dissect the script and make some improvements to the code so that … more

Access-Based Enumeration is a rather cool add-on to Windows Server 2003 that allows an administrator to restrict what users can see on a file share. If Access-Based Enumeration is enabled for a share, … more

I'm busy migrating everything off our single host to a collection of virtual machines. One of the things we do is apply User Isolation in IIS 6 so that when people use FTP to access the system, they … more

NFS has been a native part of Windows since the Windows 2003 R2 release, some 18 months ago now. The version of NFS in Windows 2003 R2 is a descendant of the Services For Unix package that has been … more

We had the strangest experience attempting to upgrade a customer's RIS server from Windows 2003 SP1 to SP2 this week.

This upgrade is supposed to be simple, straightforward ... and non-breaking. How … more

Well the recent resurfacing of the LAND attack [secunia.com] has proven a good enough incentive to revisit security on the server.

Every system administrator knows that security is an ongoing fight. … more

The server deployment needs to be straightforward. No-one likes disaster recovery plans that include "Dance naked around a maypole embedded in sand of the purest white while offering prayers to the … more