Mapping a Virtual Folder to a Network Drive

If you want to map a virtual folder to a network drive, you need to establish a separate Windows account for the Server service, with full access to any folder you want to make available on the Server, and your account on the computer on which the Server is running must have full access to any folder you want to make available on the Server.

To map to a network drive

1. Through the Windows Services control panel, create and assign an NT account on the computer where the service is installed.

This should not be the default (system) account.

2. Assign restrictive file and folder permissions for this account.

3. If you are mapping to a network drive in a workgroup, create a matching account on the target remote computer. Make certain it uses the SAME user name and password. Restrict permissions to this account to allow users access to only the folders they need.

4. In the Administrator, connect to the server, then click the Server tab.

5. Create a virtual folder for a folder on your networked drive. If you are remotely administering, or the drive is not mapped to your computer, make sure that you use a UNC path name

6. Assign permissions for users by selecting the VFS tab within the Administrator, selecting the folder in question, and then selecting or clearing the appropriate permission boxes.