wrote:

>hello,
>i tried for hours to get ftp access to a window 2003 server machine
>with the iis. i created an user account 'username' and a virtual
>directory in the iis, with no anonymous access allowed. so far so
>good. in windows explorer i connected to that server and the login
>window opened. so when i put in 'Administrator' which is local and his
>password, everything is ok.
>it was also possible to enter with a domain account from the domain
>(e.g. domain.dom\userxy and the password) to which this server is
>connected. good. but when i tried to pass with 'username' and its
>password it failed.
>the solution was: i had to put Computername\username and the password,
>then it works. the local Administrator account seems not to need that
>'Computername\' before the 'Administrator'. why not?
>greetings franc