"Wayne Abruzzo" <bogus@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> This one has me scratching my noodle for about 2 days now.
>
> FTP access to a Win2k3 server via the Internet on a remote workstation
works
> perfectly using FTP on the command line or with an FTP utility (such as
> wsftp). The problem is I cannot connect with Internet Explorer using
> ftp://ftp.company.com on any Win2k, WinXP, or Win2k3 server machine. I
can,
> however, use IE 6.0.2800.1106 on a remote WinME machine. I can also
connect
> to the FTP server on the internal network with IE on 2k, XP, and 2k3
without
> a problem.
>
> I tried resetting IE security on the XP, 2k, and 2k3 machines to medium
and
> even low to simulate the default medium security of IE for WinME. No
luck.
>
> IE shows me the flashlight and says "Getting Folder Contents" on the lower
> status bar and then I eventually get an error message that says: "An
error
> occurred opening that folder on the FTP server. Make sure you have
> permission to access that folder. Details: The operation timed out."
>
> What's even more confusing is that the FTP log on the Win2k3 server gives
an
> sc-status code of 230 (User logged in, proceed), but yet an error message
> pops up in the browser and shows nothing after clicking OK.
>
> Is there a client or server side config I'm missing to allow IE on 2k, XP,
> and 2k3 to access FTP sites remotely on a Win2k3 Server machine? A group
> policy setting? A default server security setting? I know security has
> been beefed up in XP and Win2k3, but I can't find any KB articles to help.
> By the way, SP1 for Win2k3 server has not yet been installed.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
>