All, This problem just cropped up. I have a window2003 server running IIS/FTP, The server has about 20 virtual directories for FTP that have been working fine for about a year. Today, when a user tries to login via ftp, the response is 530 User "username" cannot log in, home directory inac...more >>

Hello, I am ... trying... to set up a basic login FTP service on a Windows 2000 Server box. I have repeated the steps from scratch several times... create the ftp folder assign the ip uncheck anon account assign home directory... create a user account with password It will not conn...more >>

Hi all, I'm looking for a way of disabling FTP login access to specific users in order to prevent password guessing attempts. I've spent some time searching for a solution on the internet but only seem to get results on isolation details and iislockdown etc. See below for an example of what...more >>

I have set up a FTP site on our SBS2000 system. I tested ftp.localhost in DOS and via IE from inside the business. Both work and with the AD user: fred, password: password. From outside the site the connection asks for a Username and Password but fails fred/password. I have set up the ...more >>

what are the licensing requirements when requiring authenication with FTP using IIS on a server running Win2003 Server Web Edition?...more >>

Hi I have a XP with SP2 running FTP. The machine is member of our AD Domain. My problem is that only users which are member of the local Administrators group can login to the FTP Server. How can I grant FTP access to a local user on the XP machine? Thomas ...more >>

Hi I have a XP with SP2 running FTP. By accident I discovered that if I create a user and a folder in the root of the FTP site, with the exact same name, that folder becomes the root of the user. After a bit or Googling, I found that this is called "FTP User Isolation". Bu...more >>

I am running IIS 5.1 on Windows XP Pro SP2. When trying to access my FTP site, I get the error message indicated by this screen: http://northoftheneck.com/ServerIssues/FTPerror.htm I have captured my FTP site settings in the following files: http://northoftheneck.com/ServerIssues/FTPerror...more >>

Hi All: Strange problem here. I have MSFTP running on Server 2003 sp1. Anonymous access is blocked. "Do not isolate users" was used when setting up the site. One user on XPpro sp2 claims that they never get a login prompt when they connect using Internet Explorer. A long time ago they proba...more >>

Hello, We have many large files on our FTP server with multiple simultaneous requests for download. Is there a way to limit bandwidth so no single client uses too much of our bandwidth? ...more >>

I have an ftp server IIS6 windows 2003 server sp2 where local domain users are not allowed to login. How can I allow all local lan clients to login? thanks CT ...more >>

I have an ftp server behind a RRAServer that uses site to site VPN connections to link many other locations. When clients from remote IP subnets connect I have the following problem: Clients can upload files but cannot download from the server. Attempts to download result in an indefinate h...more >>

I want to know what the best scenario is for my ftp problem. i have a ftp server that gets quit a load,and this will be more in the near future, I want to install another ftp server for load balancing , what is the best scenario . the servers are in the perimiter and windows 2003 server sta...more >>

Kindly help ! I have created a FTP site on a Win2003 server. I am only accessing the server within my LAN. I have no problem logging in to my FTP server using WinXP. But when using Win2K Pro, I cannot login. I am using IE to login to the FTP site, ftp://10.x.x.x:97. I am also using user logi...more >>

hi to all . i want to setup a FTP site in the 2003 domain network and i want to some users have access to to a ftp site with their Active Directory Usernames and Passwords. i have created a ftp site and i choose ISOLATE USERS option and removed ANONYMOUSE logon check box . in the permisions tab...more >>

Greetings, I have a FTP site (IIS 6.0) set up on port 7721. What is the command line syntax to use on a windows machine to attach to this? I tried ftp ftp.domain.com :7721 and ftp ftp.domain.com 7721 And neither works. I can ftp via command line through Unix just fine. In additio...more >>

Dear All, However, my major interest ; implementing FTP user isolation did not work well for me. On the Microsoft FTP user creation wizard: 1.The first option when selected ----- works. 2.My major interest The second option when selected works but exposes my password whenever i try to downl...more >>

As the administrator account has a username that is too obvious to hackers, I want to block administrator remote access to the FTP server. In IIS manager> FTP account permissions, I tried giving the administrator account deny permissions for everything, but I could still log on. So how d...more >>

I have a DC with IIS running. I would like to create a new FTP server and allow only local users to have access. The problem is that the DC doesn't have option to create local users. Is there any trick to get by this? Thanks Bill ...more >>

I created a local user testuser with password 1234. I then created an FTP Site using non isolated mode. I have full permissions to the ftp site for user testuser and turned off anonymous access to the ftp site. From my machine I used IE to browse to the FTP site and was prompted for a user...more >>

hello ng, im trying the ftp with windows server 2003 but i can't work with the sunique command. it seems that this is an unknown command at the windows ftp. on a unix ftp the command works. what can i do to use the sunique command on windows ftp? is the only workaround to use 3rd party softwa...more >>

Hi All I tried to setup the following configuration of 2 FTP sites: 1. Default FTP site, port 21, no user isolation, read + write. 2. 2nd FTP site (same IP as the first), port 7721, users isolated (no AD), read only. The second site returns an error (from the Windows explorer) when I try...more >>

I’m trying to move my publicly addressed FTP site from Windows 2000 / IIS 5 to Windows Server 2003 / IIS 6.0 and have encountered a problem with active mode transfers. The problem only occurs on Windows Server 2003 / IIS 6.0 and only occurs while using active mode FTP from a private addr...more >>

Wondering what indicates the isolation mode once a site is set up. I understand it shouldn't be changed but apart from its behaviour how can I tell what was set up in the first place? Thanks BB ...more >>

Is there a property someplace in the IIS administrator, or perhaps the IIS metabase that allows you to specify the IP address that the server sends back when a client attempts to use a PASV FTP connection? Currently, I have a IIS server behind a NAT firewall. When the client attempts a PASV ...more >>

Hello all I have setup an ftp site on windows 2003 server using IIS. I turned off anonymous login and granted access to only specific IPs. I would like to set up an automated task using a txt file but it does not seem to work. Below is the command line I am using to initiate the ftp. C:\WINDOW...more >>

We currently FTP from a XP Workstation up to a 2003 Server. With the XP firewall on we are able to FTP smaller files. However, with larger files the connection eventually times out. As a work around we have been disabling the XP firewall and larger files are then able to be uploaded. Any ...more >>

Hello all, When I try to upload a file (2+GB), it gets about 25 or 50% thru and then the FTP job dies. It says the file on the server is being locked by another process (INETINFO) and it can continue. I've used SMART FTP and FPT.exe. Also of note: I think that one end of the connect...more >>

i have w2k server ftp is running, but i am not using it so far, may be in future my System Log gets full periodically with these messages: The server was unable to logon the Windows NT account 'Administrator' due to the following error: Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. Th...more >>