I've been running a ftp site on NT, IIS 4 since it was new. Never had a problem. Ran an UNIX one on a RISC server before that. What seemed like all of a sudden, I recieved calls from clients that could not longer connect using IE 6. Low and behold, I could not connect locally with IE 6 either....more >>

I want to set up an ftp site on SBS 2003 Std, IIS 6 that allows me to provide a link to my customers that will allow them to a specific directory only, but will not allow them to browse that ftp site. Already have the ftp site configured, just need to know what the user permission settings nee...more >>

Users are isolated with active directory user isolation and have their ftp home directory. They can access it by reading the content. How can I manage to give them write access as well? Thanks a lot. I thought it would be easy. Really? PETER...more >>

I am trying to setup FTP access on my 2003 server running IIS 6.0. I have everything running, but I am having a problem adding users so I can restrict access to the FTP site to a few users. The server is not AD integrated and it is only running as a web server. I only need to add a few users ...more >>

Hi I have a FTP-Server (ftp.virtual-safe.ch) on a WindowsXP station behind a router which ha port forwarding (20/21) but cannot access it. Any help would be great. FJK karli@safetools.ch ...more >>

trying to change the default port from 21 to a high port. Can change this option easily on the 'default site properties' option window. But when trying to change the same option in "master properties" for all ftp servers the option is greyed out. Any way i can force the change? The reason is...more >>

I have XP laptop 2000 Server with IIS I have in the past but am no longer able to FTP using IE - but I can using DOS. I am in a location where there is a Netscreen Firewall - and the Network where the server is located also has a netscreen firewall. Any help with this would be apprec...more >>

Hi; I found the RED STOP sign on FTP virtual directory, and when I check the event log, I found the following error. "The server was unable to add the virtual root '/marine' for the directory 'C:\FTP Data\marine' due to the following error: Access is denied. " When I right click on vi...more >>

Is it possible, using isolation for all other users, to set up FTP (IIS6) so that an administrator can connect to the site and be able to view the contents of all users folders?...more >>

Hi! Im planning a new setup of hardware for my FTP server, actually where using a dedicated server for this service but we want to improve the performance. What metrics do i have to think about? I also want to know if it would be ok to move this server from the housing where i have my other s...more >>

I installed IIS and setup FTP. For some reason, i cant log on to my ftp server. I opened up the ports on the firewall, but it just doesnt work. I setup the ftp server and all the folders (files) but it keeps locking me out saying the i dont have access. Even when i logon anonymously or as ad...more >>

currently I have a Novell 6.5 box on my network being used as an FTP server. I would like to switch to IIS if MS has the ability to authenticate users against eDirectory. This is why the Novell FTP is needed: When a users tries connecting the the server they are prompted to enter a username...more >>

Does anyone know the procedure to secure an FTP connection over a VPN? Tom ...more >>

Hello, Am I missing something? I have created an FTP site using AD Isolation, but cant find where to set the FTPRoot and FTPDir properties. I am assuming it will be in the properties for the user in AD Users and Computers? Thanks for the help Graham ...more >>

Is there a way to log upload, download, folder and file creation, deletions and modifications in the subfolders of ftproot on a W2K Pro workstation that has IIS installed and has an FTP server running? Thanks for any help. RD ...more >>

Just got my Windows 2003 server and created an ftp account under regular isolation mode--worked fine. Then I created a second ftp account using the same IP address and port 21 that I used in my first ftp account. This is resulting in an error message indicating that I cannot start this bec...more >>

I'm looking for a way to either backup or export my ftp users and passwords list before rebuilding my ftp server. The current server is Windows 2000 Server and I used IIS to create the ftp services and create user accounts. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks. ...more >>

currently all my log files for the FTP users are reporting the wrong time. for example an ftp user joe is logged in 4:00 AM and the lof files showing a tottaly different time. Is there a setting on IIS where you set up time for FTP. My ftp site is build on a Win 2003 server. Thanks...more >>

I have 2 FTP sites, default and one called "tom". I'm using the DOS client under WinXp Pro and the Server is Win 2003. All is on my internal network as of now. Both FTP sites are setup the same (do not allow asychronous), except for the ports and Home Directories: default is: 192.168.1.30 por...more >>

I am using windows 2000. I want to setup FTP site. I want user to type in their login and password before getting into the ftp site. anybody know how should I achieve this thanks ...more >>

hello guys, i have been trying to get this to work for weeks now s maybe you can help me out. i have windows 2000 server running IIS wit a webpage and an FTP site. i'm on cable internet and behind a router i'm new to setting up FTP and i can't get this to work. the way i thin it should work is ...more >>

I have set up an FTP with IIS6 using Isolation (No AD). Works great. Now I want to create an FTP user that when logged in sees everything from the \LocalUser\ folder on down. How can this be done? ...more >>

I'm in the need of creating a Blind FTP for Uploads to our FTP site for our customers. This will be an extremely sensitive area and don't want Company A seeing what Company B may have uploaded. I've tried following the ' Blind Drop FTP Server' link that is around and it didn't do squat for...more >>

I'm having a difficult time getting FTP going. I've setup an FTP site in User Isolation mode. I followed the Q articles about setting up FTP and specifing 2 different directories for local and domain user accounts. But yet, I've tried logging in to FTP using a local and domain account and...more >>

My new FTP user is sucessfully updating their own website on our IIS 6 box. I followed what I think are the well published procedures to make it happen. - New Windows Level User: JoeFTPUser (no group memberships, just FTP) - New Folder: C:\Inetpub\ftproot\LocalUser\JoeFTPUser - New Folder...more >>

Windows 2000 - Server IIS 5.0 - anonymous access disabled Whenever anyone tries to access our FTP site by clicking on a link from our web page <FTP:\\ftp.ourftpsite.com> they get a "this page cannot be displayed" error. If they click F5 or refresh, the login box magically appears. What's up...more >>

Greetings All, I have a Windows 2k server on wich I am running my FTP site. My DC is a s SBS 2k3 standard server. Currently when my users/clients login to the FTP site they have to pre-pend their user name with the domain name (ie... domain_name\user_name). Is there a way to avoid this...more >>

Hello! If you install a ftp server in your computer,you can excercise the ftp command within the same computer. Can this method be used to TFTP file transfer? ------------------------------------------------- ...more >>

installing interdev, and need IIS. win xp-home doesnt have it and cant find it on ms-sites. anyone?? thankyou mike g ...more >>

Hello... As you will see below, I use a SBS2003 Premium I am able to transfert file to SBS either create directories BUT : I cannot see neither files nor sub directories; So I am unable to use FTP If you have any solutions. Thanks you !! You will find the log below : Just a p...more >>

Trying to create a custom message the user sees when they login to my FTP site. I made the change in IIS, but the users that connect using IE don’t see the message....more >>

(Cross-posted to 3 groups) I run an IIS-based FTP server on a Lacie network drive (Windows XP Embedded). The latest update for some reason forced the security on the FTP server to allow anonymous connections to the server!!! Although the hackers were unable to access the folders dur to secu...more >>

I am attempting to write a script that will connect via FTP to an IIS 6 server and retrieve a series of files. This activity is occurring across a WAN. However I need to take advantage of IIS' retry functionality in case there is a disconnection over the WAN link. From doing some research ...more >>

Hello all, here is my problem... i am writing a script for a client, to download all files from an ftp site, which they can set up in task scheduler to run overnights. I have a server/username/password... and if i go to a cmd prompt, and run the following: ftp> open ftp.server.com ...more >>

I have installed IIS on my XP Pro box. I went through all the default set-up instructions for a FTP connection just to get running. I then tried to connect with a Win98SE computer using IE6. I kept getting the logon/password box, but it wont accept the logon. So I went back and unplugged my ro...more >>