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all groups > iis ftp > october 2005

Authentication issue
Posted by seema shaikh at 10/29/2005 12:37:01 AM
I have setup an FTP server in IIS v6 in windows 2003. the server is in a domain. but most of the clients access it externally. To authenticate they are given a username n password but they have to give the username as goaftp@odlindia.com (its a domain user). If they try to authenticate as jus...more >>


Upload of large files hangs at CWD command
Posted by J. van Dorsten at 10/27/2005 7:29:12 AM
Hi, We run IIS on a windows 2003 server, and have a problem with uploading large files to the server. When a user uploads a large file (100MB) to the server, they report it gets stuck somwhere at the last seconds. Most of our users upload through Internet Explorer but we tried ourselfves...more >>

I need to see bad commands (in the log file) that sent to the FTP server.
Posted by nir.melamoud NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 10/26/2005 10:43:06 AM
The IIS ftp log only show part of the information, I need to see all the command that was sent to the IIs. for example MKD, port, PASV, etc is that possible, so you know of any tool / plugin / configuration that I can use? thanks ...more >>

FTP Question
Posted by smith at 10/25/2005 2:23:04 PM
Hello, I have a very basic question, I have FTP running on a windows 2003 server. I have a password policy with a max password age of 45 days. How do i make it so that it propmts the users to change the password when they try to login using the ftp client. None of the users log in to the bo...more >>

IIS 6.0 files overwrite
Posted by Stefan Bill at 10/25/2005 8:30:29 AM
Hi On Windows 2000 (IIS 5.0) existing files will be overwritten. on Windows 2003 (IIS 6.0) existing files will not be overwritten. How can i tell IIS 6.0 that i want to overwrite existing files? regards, Stefan...more >>

FTP P
Posted by jan at 10/21/2005 12:05:01 AM
Hi, I create two FTP sites on the IIS 5.0. And first FTP site port 21, and second FTP site port 4999. And also i create 3 virtual directory in the second FTP site. We use ADSL internet connection. I open these ports from ADSL modem to reach these FTP sites from WAN. First FTP site which use...more >>

Virtual Directory in ISS console shows red Error
Posted by Mark Irving at 10/19/2005 10:46:45 PM
I have IIS 5 running on a Windows 2000 Server SP4 For some virtual directories on the default ftp site a red Error icon shows although I can find no event logs for this and the folder appear to work (I can access the folders on the ftp site). What is the cause of this? I also have Exchange 2003 ...more >>

FTP site fail to start.
Posted by Bob at 10/19/2005 10:07:24 AM
I'm running Windows 2000 server. I just created another FTP site and I'm receiving the following error when I try to start the FTP site. "The service cannot be started because its not correctly configured. Make sure that its server bindings do not conflict with other sites running on the ...more >>



People trying to hack my MS FTP server (but they're not getting in)
Posted by Spin at 10/18/2005 4:36:23 PM
Experts, Periodic review of my system event logs indicate multiple attempts from the same IP address to logon to my MS FTP server with accounts which do not exist. I then jumped over to the C:\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\MSFTPSVC1 directory and reviewed the text file logs of the same date. Lo ...more >>

Microsoft FTP server STOU Invalid number of parameters error
Posted by Charly Reese at 10/18/2005 10:58:07 AM
We are in the process of converting IBM OS/2 Server to Windows 2003 Servers. Within this project a process transfers a file from and IBM Manframe (OS/390) to an FTP server. The proceedure is as follows: FTP 192.168.1.2 user USERID PASSWORD CD Tempdir SUNIQUE PUT 'SourceFileName' ...more >>

IIS 6 FTP setup no domain
Posted by fj at 10/18/2005 9:20:21 AM
I setup a FTP site with folder structure like this inetpub\ftproot\myFTPSite(22.222.22.222 is assigned to this dir)\localuser\myUser1 What access (NTFS and FTP Virtual DIR) rights I should assign to ftproot myFTPSite localuser myUser1 There are other issues but I want to get this rig...more >>

FTP directory browsing
Posted by Phil at 10/18/2005 9:06:03 AM
I have a simple ftp site up for our customers to download software. We have one username/pwd to give to customers for uploading and downloading. We send them a link to their customer folder. However if they wanted to they could go back and see other customer folders. Ex: I send ftp://...more >>

limiting access to files with asp.net
Posted by Daniel at 10/14/2005 4:58:52 PM
limiting access to files with asp.net is there any way i can make a file only accessible to certain users of my website? my files are to large to copy to a temp directory and they are of many types, .exe .xsl .xml etc. i want an href to each file but only allow users who have the right login-i...more >>

FTP server authentication issue.
Posted by mmorgan1240 NO[at]SPAM sbcglobal.net at 10/14/2005 10:50:48 AM
I have inherited a FTP windows 2003 server system and I am having some trouble understanding something. We have users accessing the system using both a local user ID and a domain user ID. We have to have two listing on the security on all folders. Is there an easier way to do this without having...more >>

IPSec for securing FTP communication between FTP Server and its client
Posted by J.H at 10/14/2005 9:23:58 AM
Hi, Any one have knowing how to configure IPSec for FTP server (W2K, W2K3)? Thanks so much, J.H ...more >>

Windows 2000/2003 IIS FTP support SFTP ??
Posted by J.H at 10/13/2005 5:41:32 PM
Dear all, Please any one let me know whether Windows 2000/2003 supporting SFTP ? Safe/Secure FTP I'm keeping the search but there is no information about SFTP on Windows 2000/2003 FTP Thanks for any one input J.H ...more >>

550 when connecting
Posted by Charlie Harris at 10/13/2005 10:51:05 AM
I have an FTP site set up to connect to a network share for the purposes of downloading only, no uploads. The site is set up as anonymous only, and the home directory is a network share and connects to the network with a specific account only for this FTP access. If I put ftp://<site> int...more >>

Please help a novice..!!
Posted by Mr. Smith at 10/13/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hi. I'm trying to set up multiple FTP "sites" on a IIS 4.0 server. This is what I want User: Tiger should be directed to the directory Tiger_Ftp when logging onto the FTP server User: Lion should be directed to the directory Lion_Ftp when logging onto the FTP server. How is this admini...more >>

Microsoft Anti-Spyware FTP Tracks Eraser
Posted by Greig at 10/12/2005 8:21:12 AM
First of all i appologise for posting in this section as i could not decide which one to post in! I recently used Microsoft's Anti-Spyware tracks eraser and included erase tracks fro Windows FTP Accounts. Now, a website i run is not allowing me to upload files from my pc on the FTP fil...more >>

Server IP
Posted by Marc Sommers at 10/12/2005 4:51:42 AM
I have three computers on my small office LAN, with a router serving them. I want to set up a FTP server on one of them. The network was set up automatically using the Windows Network Wizard. How do I determine the IP (192.168.1.XXX) of the specific computer for the router to forward to? I am...more >>

Can't connect via Command line
Posted by Jim Matthews at 10/11/2005 1:41:36 PM
I run a pretty "vanilla" FTP site, with Integrated Authentication. All works well, if the client uses a "tool" (like CuteFTP) or a browser. If they use a command prompt, they are not able to connect. They put their username and password in but they are told they don't have rights to the fold...more >>

FTP Windows 2000 Server Setup
Posted by SailFL at 10/10/2005 5:07:02 AM
We want to receive files that will be FTPed to our Windows 2000 Server by way of broadband internet. IIS server is running and there FTP folders. I want to set up a user account that I will give to the indviduals that will be FTP files to our server. But I want to limit there access so that...more >>

SBS.RWW Error
Posted by Davis at 10/9/2005 9:08:34 AM
When I try to log in remotely to either a client or server, I get a "Page Not Found," error UNLESS I check the "I'm using a public or shared computer," box. Whether pcTpye=clients or servers does not matter. I have tried cleaning out cookies (as there's some evidence of a cookie issue in the e...more >>

upload notification
Posted by Jaz at 10/7/2005 10:27:59 AM
Does anybody know of a way to be notified that a file has be uploaded to our FTP site. We have a problem with customers downloading to our FTP site and us not being notified unless the call us. We need to know when those files are uploaded. Anybody know of any tricks? Maybe even just a scri...more >>

Mystic - "page cannot be displayed"
Posted by JorgenD at 10/7/2005 4:27:02 AM
Hi, This is weird...... I'm to provide an anonymous ftp site for driver downloads from a website, and I've set up the site which is accessible through ie. ftp://ftp.thesite.com If someone types ftp://ftp.thesite.com in their browser they are presented with the files available and are ab...more >>

FTP Virtual Directory
Posted by Diane Walker at 10/6/2005 10:38:06 AM
We are running Windows 2003 Standard Edition server. I just setup FTP virtual directory (C:\inetpub\ftproot\ron and setup a permission so that the user Ron can FTP to his directory. Ron was able to FTP the files to his folder. From Windows Explorer, if I go to c:\inetpub\ftproot\ron, I see ...more >>

FTP Problem
Posted by Ben Smith at 10/6/2005 10:03:12 AM
I have set up an FTP server on and XP Pro machine. The servier is running in IIS 5.1. I have set up user directories in my ftp root directory and I have set up users and passwords. Each user is able to log onto the site without a problem. The problem occurs when any command such as DIR is run. T...more >>

Cannot Connect to my FTP Server
Posted by LLudlow at 10/6/2005 5:40:04 AM
I am getting the below entry in the FTP log and cannot figure out why I cannot ftp to the server. I have the appropriate ports opened on my firewall and forwarded to the correct server but still i cannot connect: 18:48:48 216.126.110.42 [5]USER anonymous 331 0 18:48:51 216.126.110.42 [5]PASS...more >>

Unable to upload to FTP server from external network
Posted by punkrulz NO[at]SPAM comcast.net at 10/5/2005 1:16:30 PM
Hey guys, We've been stumped with this for a few days now. We're having an issue with FTP and being able to upload anything to the server. From within the network we're able to both send and receive using FTP, but once we're outside of the network, logging in as the administrator, we can do...more >>

FTP Virtual Directory Setup - Home Directory Issues?
Posted by Chris at 10/4/2005 3:01:02 PM
Im been stumped on this all day... I have sever 2003 with IIS 6.0 I need to create an FTP location for multiple users, using different localuser credentials. Using the same IP address. How can I set it up so that each user gets dropped into his/her's last folder in the directory. For inst...more >>

Don't See FTP Sites
Posted by Diane Walker at 10/4/2005 8:48:12 AM
We are running IIS under Windows 2003. We open IIS Management Console. However, we do not see the FTP sites or the default FTP site. We do see Default Web Sites, however. How do we make FTP sites appear under IIS Management Console? Thank you. ...more >>

ftp performance counters wmi
Posted by lajo_79 at 10/4/2005 12:00:00 AM
is there anyone that knows how to tune ftp performance counters? i hav a service that monitors ftp and when big files are getting transferred don´t get the current download/upload rate during the transfer, only when i is done. Is there any way to get around this? thanks [FONT=Arial...more >>

Our customer's confusing requirment - IIS5.1 ftp user's own directory?
Posted by David.Lee at 10/2/2005 9:11:02 PM
I am so confused these days. Our customer gave us a big, confusing problem. Here is the requirment: 1. OS enviroment : Windows2000 Server + SP4 2. FTP Server Software: IIS5.1 3. FTP's home direcotry: D:\root 4. One ftp user(admin, for example)'s "working directory" is D:\root\log\2005, whic...more >>

can not log into through servers FTP
Posted by Mark at 10/1/2005 2:53:04 PM
I made an FTP file on W2K3 Server using the administrative tool. I selected anonymous log in. I can not log in any way. Shouldn't I be able to ping the server from the outside. Am I locked out some how. I am one of the Administrators. I'd like to upload files I just can't log in....more >>


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