Re: FTP will not accept password from a batch file

a) post the relevant iis ftp log file.
b) post the actual script content created. don't delete it first
c) if you run the batch file manually, does it work?

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"Ragnar Midtskogen" <ragnar_ng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi all,

I have run into a strange problem running FTP with a batch file.
The batch file is used to run various NTBACKUP backup operations, then FTP
the backup files to a different server.
The batch file runs correctly and creates all the backup files but does
not get logged in to the FTP server

Looking at the log file created by the batch file I can see that the
connection to the FTP server is made and the userid accepted.
But the password apparently is not, because I get error 331, need
password.
In a command window I can connect OK manually with the same userid and
password.

I have set up backups on a couple of dozen of our servers using basically
the same batch file and they all work well.

The last part of the batch file, where I create and run an FTP script is
shown below:
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REM create FTP script
echo open [IP address] > FTPscript.txt
echo [userid] >> FTPscript.txt
echo [password] >> FTPscript.txt
echo prompt n >> FTPscript.txt
echo cd E:\%DAY% >> FTPscript.txt
echo put %BackUpDir%\%ServerName%-backup.bkf >> FTPscript.txt
echo put %BackUpDir%\Registry_Settings\%ServerName%-Registry-backup.bkf >>
FTPscript.txt
IF %DAY%==Sun echo cd E:\SystemState
IF %DAY%==Sun echo put
%BackUpDir%\System_State\%ServerName%-SystemState-backup.bkf >>
FTPscript.txt
echo quit >> FTPscript.txt

FTP -s:FTPscript.txt

ERASE FTPscript.txt
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Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.

Ragnar



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