Re: FTP Problem

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From: Jeff Cochran (jeff.nospam_at_zina.com)
Date: 03/21/05

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    Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 20:24:13 GMT

    On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:55:07 -0800, "Alex"
    <Alex@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

    >Thank you very much for your help!
    >
    >I normally use Absolute FTP as my ftp client, but for all intensive
    >purposes, I used ftp.exe in order to document the process. the following is
    >the process I undertake in order to copy the .mdb from my server to my local
    >machine:
    >
    >C:\>ftp
    >ftp> open www.fqdn.com
    >Connected to www.fqdn.com.
    >220 Microsoft FTP Service
    >User (kcmetroweb.com:(none)): alex
    >331 Password required for alex.
    >Password:
    >230-I see you found my FTP site.
    >230 User alex logged in.
    >ftp> cd kcmetroweb/research/fpdb
    >250 CWD command successful.
    >ftp> bin
    >200 Type set to I.
    >ftp> get research.mdb "c:\copyResearch.mdb"
    >200 PORT command successful.
    >150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for research.mdb(188416 bytes).
    >426 Connection closed; transfer aborted.
    >ftp: 20700 bytes received in 60.43Seconds 0.34Kbytes/sec.
    >ftp>_
    >
    >
    >Please note that I am unable to copy from, or copy to. I initially thought
    >it was an issue of permissions, but as you may be able to determine, the
    >transfer process begins (some of the file is copied) and subsequently
    >terminates. In addition, I am able to copy files of other formats to and
    >from the aforementioned directory. Once again, thank you for your
    >assistance...

    Is it possible the file exists with read only permission? Or is open
    on the destination system?

    Jeff

    >"Jeff Cochran" wrote:
    >
    >> On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:01:04 -0800, "Alex"
    >> <Alex@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
    >>
    >> >When trying to ftp an Access Database, the FTP "times out". I am using a
    >> >2003 Web Server. I have tried renaming the Database with a .pdf extention
    >> >(so I could rename the database after the transfer) to no avail. If I zip
    >> >the database, I have no problems, other than I can't unzip the database
    >> >without remotely logging into the server.
    >> >
    >> >In addition, when I am inside my network, I have mapped a network drive to
    >> >the server, and run into the same issue. I have removed ALL security to the
    >> >file, and it still won't transfer. Please help...
    >>
    >> These may or may not be related. Try the FTP command line client and
    >> post the result codes.
    >>
    >> Jeff
    >>

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