IIS - FTP Issue

[rraehal]

I have a computer that runs Windows XP pro and have set up a personal web server. It is the version of IIS that comes with XP. (I may switch to apache but will determine that later). Currently I have Perl, PHP, and MySQL installed. I have tested the web server and its software with no issues.

I enabled FTP access and this is where my problem is. I can connect to the system and download anything. I can not upload anything. I am told access is denied.

I looked at security settings first. (Anonymous access is disabled). The account I am logging in with is a user account that has read/write/execute rights on the ftp directories via NTFS security. I also moved the user to the Administrators group as a test to see if it was a permission problem. I do not know what to check to figure out why FTP willnot let me upload. Any suggestions?

[tantone]

Open up your IIS manager. Find and right-click on your Default FTP Site and choose Properties. On the Home Directory tab, make sure the "Write" box is checked.

If that doesn't fix it, re-check your file-level permissions on the home directory.

[rraehal]

I might have to slap myself if I overlooked that every time I was in the default ftp setup. Will check tonight when I have server access.

[chubtub]

I have overlooked that before.

[rraehal]

The check box was the right fix. Everything works now with my ftp user as a normal user and not an admin.

Only one minor issue that I think I will deal with. Large files upload to my system but it takes several tries. My connection keeps getting reset while transferring.

[tantone]

Cool. I get reset connections sometimes when trying to use IE to FTP large files either up or down. I moved to CuteFTP and no more problems.