OT: FTP on IIS6

Question

Yes, it is linked to DW - I can't upload any files from DW
(or any other FTP
program).
Background: Server 2003 Standard, running IIS 6.0.
I've set up a website, and copied a few test files to it over
the LAN;
everything works fine, and if I access the server via it's
internet address
it all still works (tested by a colleague in the US).
I want to set up FTP so I can upload files remotely using
Dreamweaver.
The files are setup as follows;
FTP Sites
--> Test Site
Properties:
IP Address: (All Unassigned)
TCP Port: 2101
Anonymous connections is Unchecked
Home Directory is located on this computer, at 'E:\test'
Permissions Read, Write and Log Visits are all checked.
Directory Security: all computers will be granted access.
When I look at the Permissions tab, the user (testadmin) is
shown as having
Full Control. This user is also a member of the computers
Administrators
group.
When I FTP using Dreamweaver, I just get the error message
'index.htm - an
error occurred - cannot put index.htm. Access Denied. The
file may not
exist, or there could be a permission problem.'
If I FTP from the command line, it shows the correct banner
text for this
ftp , then when I enter the password it gives me the error
'530: user
testadmin cannot log in, home directory inaccessible. Login
failed'
I can *get* files through FTP, I just can't put them. :-/
I'm stuck now. I don't know if I'm an inch away from a
solution, or several
miles away and travelling in the wrong direction. All I want
to do is upload
my files to the server...
Regards,
Pete.
Peter Connolly
http://www.acutecomputing.co.uk
UK

Answer 1

"PeteC" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> I've set up a website, and copied a few test files to it
over the LAN;
> everything works fine, and if I access the server via
it's internet
> address
> it all still works (tested by a colleague in the US).
>
> I want to set up FTP so I can upload files remotely
using Dreamweaver.
just a suggestions, you might want to restrict access to the
FTP site except
when coming from specific IP addresses.
>
> The files are setup as follows;
>
> FTP Sites
> --> Test Site
>
> Properties:
> IP Address: (All Unassigned)
no, you should have this set to only the IP address of the
site. This would
be using the internal IP you've set the website to - i.e., if
your external
domain name maps out to 255.123.456.789, this is not what you
would enter
in. There has to be an internal IP, it could be something
like 172.16.13.1
or 192.168.1.5 - it should be in the drop down list in IIS.
This is
definitely mandatory if you're hosting more than one site on
that box.
> TCP Port: 2101
> Anonymous connections is Unchecked
> Home Directory is located on this computer, at 'E:\test'
> Permissions Read, Write and Log Visits are all checked.
> Directory Security: all computers will be granted
access.
no - do not allow all computers. You really should lock this
down to
specific IP addresses. If your site is in a DMZ, find out
what IP you
connect via (you should be able to look that up in Event
Viewer - look for
when you logged in and it should give you the IP) and add
that to the list.
If you connect from home, hopefully you've got a fixed IP
address you can
use in here. If it's set to "all access" you're gonna have
people trying to
break in all the time.
> When I FTP using Dreamweaver, I just get the error
message 'index.htm - an
> error occurred - cannot put index.htm. Access Denied.
The file may not
> exist, or there could be a permission problem.'
Is your company using an ISA server? If so, check to make
sure that outbound
FTP access is not set to read-only. If it's your company's
policy to make
all FTP read-only, you're gonna have to get them to create an
exception rule
in the ISA server for you.
Also make sure that your FTP host line in DW lists the
*internal* IP address
of the site followed by the port number you're using (since
it's a
nonstandard port).. i.e., like this: 172.16.1.1:2101
> If I FTP from the command line, it shows the correct
banner text for this
> ftp , then when I enter the password it gives me the
error '530: user
> testadmin cannot log in, home directory inaccessible.
Login failed'
>
> I can *get* files through FTP, I just can't put them.
sounds like what i've mentioned above - a Proxy or ISA server
rule is making
outbound FTP read-only.