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all groups > iis ftp > september 2005

FTP though NAT router?
Posted by Bill at 9/29/2005 8:54:15 PM
Win2k Server. IIS5. I am attempting to set up a private FTP server (no anonymous access), a subject about which I know absolutely nothing. I have set up a user on the server and can connect accross the local network. My internet connection is through a Linksys cable DSL router. I have forwarde...more >>

User does not get prompted for username and password
Posted by Jim Matthews at 9/29/2005 10:34:17 AM
One of my users does not get prompted for her username and password when accessing the FTP site (as everyone else is) using IE It automatically logs her in (she logs onto her computer with the same credentials as her domain account) I don't see any setting that would allow this on IE or her ...more >>

IP different computers on LAN
Posted by Bill Afton at 9/28/2005 4:09:26 PM
I have three computers on my home LAN... two hard wired to the router, and the other is wireless. I want one of the hard wired computers to be the FTP server. How do I identify the IP for the 'individual' computers so I can have the router forward to a specific one? Thanks. ...more >>

"530 User Anonymous Cannot Log In" error
Posted by zcarenow NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com at 9/27/2005 5:16:51 PM
my friend told me that he gets this message when he tries to ftp into my IIS server. what is going on here? thanks. ...more >>

FTP Serving from a Home LAN
Posted by Tina at 9/27/2005 10:17:26 AM
I want to serve FTP from my computer (192.168.0.1) that is connected to my router (80.123.99.99)(not the real address). My ftp directory on my computer is c:\inetpub\ftproot. When clients try to connect to 80.123.99.99 they get a connection error. I suspect it is because they are not seein...more >>

Access denied when trying to write to FTP site
Posted by AllenM at 9/27/2005 9:23:30 AM
I created a new FTP site on my Windows 2003 server in a testing environment. I can successfully ftp to the site from a dos command window or using WS Pro FTP utility. I can navigate and see my test FTP site. Appears all I get is read access only. I cannot upload, delete or create and get an "a...more >>

ftp test
Posted by zhuang at 9/27/2005 8:59:44 AM
help ...more >>

MAC Can downlaod but not upload
Posted by BFT at 9/26/2005 3:26:06 PM
I have a mac user who cant upload to my windows 2003 ftp server. The logon account he is using works fine from any windows xp workstation. Is there anything i need to do to all macs to upload files?...more >>



problem withe CuteFTP Helllp
Posted by sultan at 9/26/2005 10:02:01 AM
hello.. i have cureftp to upload files to server, if i tray to use it i have this massage: STATUS:> Getting listing ""... STATUS:> Resolving host name proxy.saudi.net.sa... STATUS:> Host name proxy.saudi.net.sa resolved: ip = 212.118.133.137. STATUS:> Connecting to HTTP proxy server...more >>

Any API to access WebDAV
Posted by Raj Dhrolia at 9/26/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hi All, Is there any programmatic way to communicate with WebDav. I only need to upload / download files from IIS 6.0. Thanks, Raj. ...more >>

Win 2003 ftp can't remove MAC files
Posted by Lisa Marie at 9/23/2005 8:54:43 AM
"Cannot Read From The Source File or Disk." I get this error when I try to move, remove or copy file. They are MAC files. How do I get rid of these files? Not all files just some. Sincerely, Lisa Marie ...more >>

Ports needed to access FTP.
Posted by Jarryd at 9/21/2005 10:13:17 PM
Hi, I want to allow someone access to my network by using vpn but restrict traffic to specific ports. I am using MS Server 2003 SP1 as the VPN server and have configure a Remote Access policy for the user. I edited the policy's profile to only allow access to TCP port 21. This is working...more >>

Security.
Posted by Jarryd at 9/21/2005 5:21:09 PM
Hi, I am having trouble configuring access to an FTP. I have Windows Server 2003 and have installed FTP. In IIS I have checked both Read and Write access for the site. I have disabled Annonymous access. I want to secure it using NTFS permissions. So on the permissions tab I have made s...more >>

2003 IIS FTP reporting insufficient disk space
Posted by Brett Gordon at 9/21/2005 10:59:06 AM
Can anyone help out? Our server randomly reports to users that there is insufficient disk space to upload. I have 30GB free on the drive and cannot figure out for the life of me what the problem is. Permissions are wide open. Any idea?...more >>

How to use a Virtual Directory
Posted by Anil Gupte at 9/21/2005 12:38:43 AM
In IIS I created a virtual directory under a website and also under the corresponding FTP site. However, when I ftp into the site, I cannot see the virtual directory although I can see a real directory. The Virtual directory is in the root of the drive and the website/FTP site is under \ww...more >>

Uploading large files
Posted by Raj Dhrolia at 9/21/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hi, Can anyone suggest me best way to upload large files (>100-500MB) to my ASP.NET web application (IIS 6.0, Win 2K3). The problem we see with conventional method is that the session times out, and the entire file gets loaded in IIS memory and things get worst when couple of users u...more >>

IIS FTP and Windows Firewall and Ports
Posted by Nicolas at 9/20/2005 12:18:47 PM
I'm using w2003 server and IIS6 the FTP is set for port 2121 windows Firewall as an open port for 21 TCP, 2121 TCP, 5000 TCP, 5001 TCP, 5002 TCP, 5003 TCP, 5004 TCP, 5005 TCP, 5006 TCP, 5007 TCP, 5008 TCP, 5009 TCP, 5010 TCP IIS MetaBase.xml is set with passiveportrange "5001-5010" And sti...more >>

FTP Client Stall Problem
Posted by Ken Levy at 9/19/2005 4:39:51 PM
I'm having problems with the Microsoft FTP client "hanging" when run = from a batch ftp script. I've recorded the log messages from the FTP = session below (names have been changed to protect the innocent). The = activity I receive in the client session is the message about opening = the binar...more >>

Windows XP can't FTP text files >65k bytes?
Posted by \ at 9/18/2005 9:24:26 PM
Has anyone experienced this problem? I'm use the FTP command at the command prompt in Windows XP Pro to send some files to a Windows 2003 server. These work fine: Text files under 65k bytes. Jpeg files under 65k, and over 65k (all sizes). These files can't be sent: Text files over ...more >>

FTP Security
Posted by sanj at 9/18/2005 11:46:08 AM
Hi, Just want to know how to make ftp access secure: - should I create another ftp folder outside the Inetpub folder t redirect the user to when using ftp? - only allow administrator access to FTP (so make user part of the administrator group) Anything else? Also I use a asp uploa...more >>

500 Invalid PORT Command.
Posted by Jacob C. Mann at 9/18/2005 6:47:02 AM
I am getting this error on any FTP site I try to setup that isn't running on port 21. Username and passwords are correct, as just by changing the port, everything works fine. I am running Windows Firewall, and have IPSec to block a few ports in one direction (incoming SMTP for example) ...more >>

FTP Procedure document
Posted by Smith, Dennis P. at 9/16/2005 8:15:53 AM
I have to write up a procedure document for FTP. Are there any good templates or resource anyone knows about that I can use as a boilerplate for my document? ...more >>

FTP Restarts in IIS 6
Posted by Ben Rhodes at 9/13/2005 7:55:04 AM
Hi everyone. I am looking for a way to disable FTP restarts in IIS 6 - preferably for uploads only, but if anyone knows of a way to do it for uploads and downloads that would be fine too. The problem we are having is we have an application where the clients FTP files up to the server. If ...more >>

FTP limit on upload...
Posted by Ale at 9/12/2005 12:00:00 AM
I am hosted on a web server (iis) that set a limit for the bandwidth. My local connection is quite fast and every time I have to upload a big file (>5MB), the ftp server get me out of the session. I do not have problems with small files... I guess the server is checking the bandwidth usage ov...more >>

Delete folder problem
Posted by man at 9/11/2005 8:47:03 PM
After install iis on w2k server, everything ok recently, some user report that when they want to delete some folder from the ftp site, error 550 occur, mention some files in that folder is access denied, even I use administrator login to that w2k server and try to delete that folder from ...more >>

Password issue?
Posted by JethroUK at 9/10/2005 1:17:39 PM
I have a web page on my server which includes video files (login is controlled by windows) I am prompted for login/pass when accessing the web page Problem is: Every time I click a video link (video files are in the same folder/ same security) I have to login again before the file will ...more >>

Unable to write in Virtual Directory
Posted by Amit Sharma at 9/9/2005 7:16:03 AM
Hi I am new to IIS and got this problem as: I got a server where IIS6 is deployed ans we have hosted our FTP site which is working very fine. One user needs to have an access on one shared resource that resides on another server (diff. from IIS one). I created one virtual folder for him so...more >>

Notification on file upload
Posted by Damien at 9/4/2005 10:26:02 PM
Is there anyway to get FTP server in IIS6 to fire an event/email after a new file has been uploaded? If not are there any custom programs that do? If not is there a Object model of FTP so I can write an application in .NET? Cheers Damien...more >>

Please help!!: FTP server is starting to be unresponsive!
Posted by Kent P. Iler at 9/2/2005 6:13:41 PM
Hi, I haven't received any ideas or suggestions. We just moved the server from one hosting facility to another, but the FTP was working OK after the move. The move was about 2 weeks ago, and this non-responsiveness has started around 1 week ago. Is there anything I can do to try to narrow...more >>

User Isolation Mode and Virtual directories
Posted by ChristopherCrotty at 9/2/2005 8:39:47 AM
Hello, I am setting up a FTP site in User Isolation Mode. I have FTPRoot as C:\Inetpub\ftproot. Under this I have the following phsical directory structure: LocalUser |- User1 |- Public Both User1 and anonymous can log in fine and are limited to their directories (so far so good...more >>

Problem Copying Folders
Posted by Andrew Westgarth at 9/2/2005 6:34:02 AM
I have a remote user (Third Party Company) who have ftp access to a server which hosts an application, however they can connect and have full access to the directory in which the app sits. Permissions are propogated correctly. However they are compaining that they cannot copy files and direc...more >>

User Isolation with Active Directory.
Posted by Leslie at 9/2/2005 5:38:10 AM
I set up my ftp site using user isolation with active directory. I sucessfully set the ad properties for FTPRoot and FTPDir using the iisftp script. All is working fine. I need to add a user. I added the user in AD and placed them in the correct security group for the ftp folders. I went...more >>

Isolate Users IIS6 FTP Virtual Dir as user homedir is possible?
Posted by Victor Y. Sklyar at 9/2/2005 12:00:00 AM
Hello all. I need organise next file struct on IIS6 FTP server. ftproot | |---Admin1 (homedir for Admin1) | |---User1 (homedir for User1) | |---User2 | |---Admin2 | |---User3 | |---UserN It is 2 type of ftp-user: Admin and User. I want ...more >>

IIS FTP server on alternate port
Posted by dieter NO[at]SPAM schuele.name at 9/1/2005 2:19:54 PM
Hi all, I am trying to run an IIS ftp site (Windows 2003 Server) on the non-standard port 2121. Login works fine, but when trying to retrieve the directory listing (from an external client using active ftp mode) I am getting "500 Invalid PORT Command.". I created a new ftp site via MMC and...more >>

Script to upload a file to a FTP server and delete the file -only if sucessful
Posted by NeMacGuy at 9/1/2005 12:35:25 PM
I setup a scripts to download and upload some files with our EDI providor. I am having a problem when their system goes down, my upload script runs, the FTP connection fails, and the next line of my script is a del *.edi which deletes my file, but the data was not sent. I would love to move th...more >>

Cannot Open Excel Spreadsheet from IIS FTP site
Posted by Toolmann at 9/1/2005 8:14:44 AM
I setup a secure folder into which I posted a small Excel 2003 spreadsheet but when I double-click on it, I get the message "Could not open ftp://ftp.company.com/subfolder/spreadsheetname.xls" I can copy the file from the FTP site down to my PC and it runs ok. However was hoping to open it dir...more >>

FTP passwords being changed, I think
Posted by Nathan Weldon at 9/1/2005 12:28:03 AM
I'm having a problem with my 2k3 FTP server, where I create a username & password, after a random period of time the usersname's passwords seem to be changing, and I have to reset them back to what they should be. I haven't really dug into the security logs yet, but I was wondering if anyone e...more >>


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