Re: Internet Explorer can not access FTP of IIS6.0 behind ISA

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From: Xiaoan Wu (xwu_at_mm-software.de)
Date: 07/19/04 

Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:20:46 +0200

I have tried to set in active mode in IE. But it can alwasy not work.

Regards,

Wu

"Paul Lynch" <paul.lynch@nospam.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:r94nf05cgi4e8vl3o4p80l27jkir94gi6q@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 10:10:06 +0200, "Microsoft" <xwu@mm-software.de>
> wrote:
>
> >I have installed a W2k3 Domain and IIS6.0 on the DC. The ISA is used as
> >Firewall. On IIS I have set up a FTP Site with the isolated user Mode.
When
> >I use command line FTP in interne and remote, no problem, when use FTP
> >client tool, everything works fine. Only if I access FTP from remote
client
> >using Internet Explore, there is no access to FTO folder. I have checked
the
> >log information of the FTP. It seems that the FTP Client from Internet
> >Explore makes firstly logon as anonymous (not allowed), then tries to
logon
> >as specific user. This caused the difficulty to access to FTP through
> >Internet Explore. What can I do to correct this problem?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Wu
> >
>
> Wu,
>
> You need to configure IE to work as an Active mode FTP client. Bernard
> is right to say that IE will always try to log on anonymously first
> but I don't think thats the issue here. Refer to this KB article for
> instructions how to configure IE to work in active mode (which is the
> same as for command line) :
>
> How To Configure Internet Explorer to Use Both the FTP PORT Mode and
> PASV Mode in Windows 2000
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?id=309816
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Paul Lynch
> MCSE

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