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Home directory inaccessible TomB
11/22/2006 10:27:01 AM
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I recently reinstalled Win 2003 web server on a computer and of course the
FTP site that I had setup went away with it. Anyway, I set it up again but am
having the same problem that I had when I first installed it about 6-8 months
ago and I can't remember the solution.

Using ftp.exe from an XP computer in a command prompt on my local intranet,
I'm able to connect to it. But after I enter my password, I get the message:
530 User xxx cannot log in, home directory inaccessible.

On the server I have a group setup (xxx is a member) that has permissions to
logon locally, full control over the root directory (C:\CTROOT) as well as
full permissions on the home directory (C:\CTROOT\xxx).

Any ideas, Tom
Re: Home directory inaccessible Bernard Cheah [MVP]
11/23/2006 12:00:00 AM
Are you using any user isolation feature? try
Err Msg: 530 User <Username> Cannot Log In, Home Directory Inaccessible.
Login Failed.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=221934

next if it the same, get filemon to trace.
See where IIS ftp is redirecting the user to.. and why it got stuck.

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Bernard Cheah
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http://www.iis-resources.com/
http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/


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Re: Home directory inaccessible TomB
11/23/2006 12:28:02 PM
Bernard, thanks for responding. Yes, I am using user isolation. I looked at
the item that you suggested and it talks about having read permissions on hte
root directory. The user has FULL control over everything, so by default read
si included.

Any other ideas.

Tom

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Re: Home directory inaccessible Bernard Cheah [MVP]
11/24/2006 12:00:00 AM
Well if isolation mode. do you create in the required folder structure?
e.g. localusers\ or domainname\ ???

Filemon will tell you when IIS FTP is sending the user... use this to
trace.

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Regards,
Bernard Cheah
http://www.iis.net/
http://www.iis-resources.com/
http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/


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Re: Home directory inaccessible TomB
11/27/2006 2:30:02 PM
Well, Bernard I'm finally back. After some travel and software reinstall, etc.

So, here is the situation with my problem as of now. I have done as you
suggested and are using the correct folder structure FTProot\localuser\tom.
Now from the ftp.exe on a Win XP computer, I am able to log in successfully.
However, I am not able to upload anything. I'm getting an "Access is Denied"
message on the client when I issue the command 'put trial.dot'.

On the server, the following messages were logged:
22:10:48 192.168.1.12 [6]USER tom 331 0
22:10:52 192.168.1.12 [6]PASS - 230 0
22:11:01 192.168.1.12 [6]created Trial.dot 550 5
22:13:08 192.168.1.12 [6]QUIT - 550 0

But, the file is no where to be found. It's not on the server.

FYI, on the server, the user tom has full control over the folder.

Help, Tom

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Re: Home directory inaccessible Bernard Cheah [MVP]
11/28/2006 12:00:00 AM
Ok, does the ftp site property in IIS MMC allow 'write' ?
is the 'write' permission checked in the site property page?

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Regards,
Bernard Cheah
http://www.iis.net/
http://www.iis-resources.com/
http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/


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Re: Home directory inaccessible TomB
11/28/2006 5:15:02 AM
In the FTP site properties page, under the 'Home Directory' tab, the
following are checked: Read, Write and Log Visits.

Tom

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Re: Home directory inaccessible Bernard Cheah [MVP]
11/29/2006 12:00:00 AM
Mmmm... how about ftp'ing locally at the server box itself?
any firewall/etc between xp and the iis server?


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Regards,
Bernard Cheah
http://www.iis.net/
http://www.iis-resources.com/
http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/


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