Directory not showing up in DOS window

[Retro Bob]

I'm hoping someone can explain this. I brought up a DOS window and
changed it to a networked drive letter (W. FWIW, This is actually an
inetpub directory on an IIS server. I did a "dir" command. All the
directories were visible except for the wwwroot directory. I checked
in the Windows Explorer and it showed up fine. So, I went back to the
DOS window and changed to that directory. It worked, no problem. (See
below for problem and test). I thought it might be permissions, but
the wwwroot directory is the _least_ secure on the server. Ideas?

Here's the "dir" list and then me changing to the wwwroot directory
that was _not_ listed with a cd command:

W:\>dir
Volume in drive W is G-Fuji 1
Volume Serial Number is 1C90-370E

Directory of W:\
05/10/2003 05:00p <DIR> .
05/10/2003 05:00p <DIR> ..
05/10/2003 05:00p <DIR> AdminScripts
05/10/2003 04:59p <DIR> ftproot
05/10/2003 05:00p <DIR> iissamples
08/20/2003 12:32p <DIR> scripts
0 File(s) 0 bytes
6 Dir(s) 281,068,032 bytes free

W:\>cd wwwroot

W:\wwwroot>

 

[Stanley Jones [MSFT]]

It is common for the 'wwwroot' not to show up in the 'dir' listing of the
list of folders in /inetpub even if this folder is local or a network drive.
You must change the Security and Advance settings to get this to show up in
DOS. But changing this might alter the web settings and cause problems
viewing web pages.

 

[Retro Bob]

It is common for the 'wwwroot' not to show up in the 'dir' listing of the
list of folders in /inetpub even if this folder is local or a network drive.

OK.. then I feel better.

Thanks,