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all groups > iis ftp > september 2006

can connect with internal ip but not address
Posted by Peter McCaul at 9/29/2006 10:53:47 AM
Hello, I'm running Windows 2003 small business server. I setup an ftp site and I'm able to connect when outside of the company's lan. When I try to connect internally, I get "the server name or address could not be resolved The connection with the server was reset." I can however connect ...more >>

FTP Attack
Posted by Scott at 9/29/2006 10:20:02 AM
Our FTP server running on W2K3 Std. gets a lot of login attemps by an IP using the administrator username. The IP's are the same during each attack but change from day to day. Is there some program that will catch that IP and deny that IP access to the server? Or something else to deny that I...more >>

IIS6 Ftp Multiple User setup
Posted by Tom Allen at 9/29/2006 9:26:04 AM
I have a customer that wants my company to set up an ftp site with two users, one with full admin, one with read/browse only. This would require two license seats correct? Also, I am currently using several ftp sites but I use the ftp virtual directory = user name. I am wondering if it wo...more >>

FTP host blocking problem (iis win 2003 latest patches)
Posted by Don at 9/28/2006 1:59:07 PM
Hi, I am developing a service to automatically add IP addresses to the ftp blocked site list based on a certain number of failed login attempts (I am fed up with my log files filling up with dictionary attacks). My app adds the ip address and I can see it in the list from the IIS mmc but it...more >>

Urgent, how to increase # of simultaneous GET in FTP
Posted by ricolee99 NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 9/28/2006 10:34:14 AM
Can someone please tell me how to configure the FTP server on Windows to allow more than 2 simultaneous get operations? Suppose you have more than 3 machines attempting to get files on the FTP server, the first 2 machines will get a file while the other one will wait (hang) until one of the tw...more >>

Cannot see folders
Posted by SBS 2003 User at 9/28/2006 9:50:04 AM
I got an FTP site and all seems to work well and has been for quite some time. Have not used it in a while but when I tried this morning I was able to log in but could not see my folders. I checked the physical directory and is is there and the same. Any ideas? ...more >>

FTP log code 331
Posted by Mark Rae at 9/27/2006 5:39:29 PM
Hi, Can anyone please give me a definitive answer to the following: Does the presence of an entry in the FTP log ending in 331 prove absolutely and categorically that a successful connection was made to the FTP server, or does it merely indicate that an *attempt* was made to connect using ...more >>

Weird behavior with FTP...urgent, please
Posted by ricolee99 NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 9/27/2006 2:38:49 PM
Hi everyone, I'm getting a weird behavior with ftp whenever I do put. Here is what I'm doing: On Windows XP, using the Windows FTP Client in dos prompt: 1.) ftp> open testmachinename 2.) ftp> user: Anonymous 3.) ftp> password: blah 4.) ftp> get somefile.exe c:\somefile.exe Every...more >>



ftp IIS mistake
Posted by Fabio Pardi at 9/26/2006 5:56:27 PM
hi everyone... here is my problem: i've 2 machines: a server running windows 2003 server, acting as domain controller (domain name: nlbtest.it) a server running windows 2003 with an IIS's ftp server installed. This second server is in the domain nlbtest.it and configured using active di...more >>

cannot access ftp site internally
Posted by Peter McCaul at 9/26/2006 11:48:09 AM
Hello, I'm running Windows 2003 small business server. I setup an ftp site and I'm able to connect when outside of the company's lan. When I try to connect internally, I get "the server name or address could not be resolved". I've also tried with just the internal ip (ftp.10.0.0.1) and...more >>

Self-service FTP extranet
Posted by opergvh at 9/21/2006 12:06:27 PM
We are looking for an application that would allow our employees to request a temporary FTP account via a web-interface. This would be used for receiving very large files from external suppliers. It should be an application we can host on our own servers. The temporary FTP account and space...more >>

FTP resolving
Posted by Peter McCaul at 9/20/2006 1:19:35 PM
Hello, I've turned on my FTP settings in Windows 2003 Small business server. Internally, I can't get into the ftp site. I use the IP Address as well as the domain name. Externally, I can get on the ftp site when I ftp the ip address but not the domain name. I was told I would have t...more >>

error C3861: 'ConvertStringSidToSid': identifier not found
Posted by bap at 9/20/2006 7:31:02 AM
I am using C++ in Visutal Studio 2005. Need to convert a string SID to binary via ConvertStringSidToSid. Even though I included sddl.h (the directory containing sddl.h is added to the additional include directories) and advapi32.lib in my project and I am still getting an error C3861: 'Conv...more >>

ftp & windows 2003 firewall
Posted by beachboy at 9/20/2006 12:00:00 AM
my ftp must return "connection closed by remote host" when windows firewall opened, i checked the ftp server on the firewall list but still no luck... any one can help... very urgent... Thanks. IIS6 Windows 2003 R2 Server Thanks in advanced ...more >>

Isolated FTP Users - Getting Error "could not access the home directory /"
Posted by Ray Paganini at 9/19/2006 9:18:46 AM
Group, This was working fine and all of a sudden, it is no longer. Did a recent Windows Update break something? Any help is appreciated, Ray ...more >>

Automatically block troublesome IP Addresses
Posted by Kirk Hilzinger at 9/18/2006 2:26:02 PM
Is there a way or software out there that will automatically block an IP Address from connecting to an FTP server after a user definable number of invalid logon attempts. Most of the attacks I get are for invalid user names and I would like to just kick that person off the server all-together...more >>

FTP log analysis error 997
Posted by vLabz at 9/15/2006 2:27:01 AM
Hi, On our Win2k servers, we analyse the FTP logs in order to determine whether or not our clients have fully downloaded payable content (with a payback mechanism for unfinished or abandonned downloads). We assume the file transfer is ok when we come accross a 226 status with a > 0 bytessent....more >>

Can sometimes access server other times not
Posted by foobah at 9/13/2006 6:23:34 PM
>From this computer connected by wire to a Linksys router connected to Road Runner by cable modem, neither WS_FTP nor SmartFTP can connect to ANY ftp site. Yet using this same software and another computer wirelessly connected to the same router I can access the subject sites. >From this compute...more >>

FTP Server in DMZ
Posted by Alan at 9/12/2006 9:52:01 AM
I have been tasked with moving our current FTP server into a DMZ. Currently the FTP server is setup on a member server in our domain and we use security groups in Active Directory to restrict access to certain folders in the FTP site. We do not allow anonymouse access. My question is how...more >>

ftp download hangs server
Posted by Ashish Khanna at 9/11/2006 9:58:01 PM
Hi, I am using Windows 2003 + sp1 and IIS 6. I configured ftp site and able to upload the file successfuly but when i try to download that file the server hangs and disconnect all network connections. Note: In case of small files (500 KB approx) it is working fine for download and upload....more >>

_by_Ftp.ListDirectoryDetails
Posted by dpomt at 9/10/2006 1:28:01 PM
Hello, I have an issue with Net.WebRequestMethods.Ftp.ListDirectoryDetails: german umlaute like ä ö ü ß are omitted: if I have e.g. a file called "Bildgrößen.txt", I get "Bildgren.txt". Using MS ftp from the command line, I get "Bildgr÷▀en.txt". However, using IE ftp (ftp://) ret...more >>

Problem logging into FTP
Posted by msw at 9/10/2006 12:58:32 PM
just completed the installation of IIS and configured my website as well as my FTP Server. However, I am having issues with logging into my FTP Server through Dreamweaver to change my website. Can anyone tell me how I can test the log in to FTP Server? I did make sure that the directory ...more >>

Logging to AD FTP account
Posted by Daniel at 9/10/2006 7:33:16 AM
I've setup AD user isolation ftp and i can use ftp software like ipswitch ftp software to login my ftp but i cannot use IE 6 or 7 to login. It gives error like IE cannot display the webpage, not even prompt for user password. Pls advise. Rgds Daniel ...more >>

FTP connection resetting
Posted by cgirard at 9/7/2006 10:18:01 PM
We have always some connection resetting when we download big file (more than 200 MB) on our IIS 6.0 FTP server. We don't have any problem when we upload the same file. We use Filezilla as FTP client in passive mode. Is there any parameter to change in our FTP configuration to avoid this ...more >>

administrator access
Posted by malonso at 9/7/2006 5:42:52 AM
Morning folks, I seem to be having an issue with how FTP was setup on our system running server 2003. It was setup using the non-AD user isolation. All the users work fine except for the administrator. When I try to login as administrator it gives me: 530 User administrator cannot log in,...more >>

Image preview (thumbnails) on FTP wanted
Posted by Achim at 9/7/2006 3:16:02 AM
Hi there, we're running a FTP server to provide different file downloads to a special user group. This includes beside PDF and MS Word docs also large image files. User generally accesses via IE to download. Unfortunately they can't see any preview before downloading the entire file sometimes u...more >>

FTP time out issues with linux and mac clients
Posted by cmyar at 9/6/2006 9:07:01 AM
Trying to upload 900 MB file. Works great using IE but when using any clients from a mac or linux it times out after about 100 MB or so. any ideas?...more >>

Force ftp download of images
Posted by panda at 9/5/2006 5:34:02 PM
Hi, Is it possible to make the download dialog box show when a user selects on a link to view an image? i have a link <a href="ftp://file1.jpg">download</a> When the user clicks on theis link, instead of showing the image, the user is presented with a download dialog box that asks th...more >>

Passive Mode FTP & Firewall
Posted by Allen at 9/4/2006 3:38:07 PM
If you have trouble figuring out which ports to open for passive mode = FTP in your firewall and in which direction, this commented FTP network = trace may be of help. =20 No. Time Source Destination Protocol Info Establish FTP Control Channel TCP Connection Through Standar...more >>

Selective FTP upload access
Posted by John at 9/1/2006 8:59:38 AM
XP Pro SP2 In Internet Information Services MMC, I check Write in Default FTP Site. This always me to upload to various folders. However, I have a folder called MyFolder which I don't want anyone to FTP upload to. C:\Inetpub\Ftproot\MyFolder\ I open the properties of MyFolder in File Explor...more >>


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