Hello all...

 I'm not exactly stupid, but I don't know where to begin, or what server software to have to make an ASP.net (eventually a SharePoint Web Part) that will automatically create a directory and desired login/username via forms from a web browser.

 Can I do this with IIS as the FTP server?  I'm stumped.  See, if I were using Apache, php, and all that it would be easy, but those days are now long gone for me.

Hi,

Based on your description, I understand that you're going to limit access to pages in a certain folder to only logon users. If there is any misunderstanding, please feel free to let me know.

As far as I can see, you can use ASP.NET forms authentication to control it. Forms authentication enables you to authenticate the user name and password of your users using a login form that you create. Unauthenticated requests are redirected to a login page, where the user provides credentials and submits the form. If the application authenticates the request, the system issues a ticket that contains a key for reestablishing the identity for subsequent requests.

For more information, you can read the following articles.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480476.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9wff0kyh(vs.71).aspx