I have a folder in inetpub directory on member server which is not shared.. If i set security permission (Read) to particular user will he /she able to access the folder..Regards, Dinesh.U

Based on my knowledge, Inetpub is a web folder created when you installed IIS web server. As your Inetpub directory is not shared, it can not be accessed remotely as a shared folder. To check if your folder can not be accessed if someone access your member server as a web server, please post your question in the Official Microsoft IIS Site forums. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights. Microsoft Student Partner Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator: Security Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Security Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuration

inetpub is just the home folder for IIS, within which you'll find subfolders for each related service you might have installed on the server. Eg if you have web services installed you'll have a wwwroot folder within there to hold your websites. There are also folders for SMTP and FTP if you have those servers installed. There's nothing special about the folder, and unless you've got a website configured in IIS pointing there then people won't be able to reach it via a web browser. If you want your user to be able to access the folder you'd want to share the folder, otherwise I think they should be able to access it if they know the full UNC path to that folder, but that's probably not the most user friendly way to access it!