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• 08-25-2008, 9:23 AM

  goody3335 Joined on 06-02-2008, 9:01 PM Posts 39

  FTP Folder Permissions Reply Contact I have a user who is having trouble copying information from one folder on an FTP site to another folder.  She is accessing the FTP site from a browser.  She has Full Control over the parent folder, and I double checked...she has full control over the two folders that she is trying to copy information from and to.  She can, however, download the files she is trying to copy to her own hard drive.  Then upload them back to the other folder.  Any ideas?   Note:  It actually lets you right click and copy.  Then when you try to go to another folder and right-click and paste, the paste option is grayed out.  I originally posted on the regular Windows General forum, but I was told that this is an IIS issue.

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• 08-26-2008, 10:29 AM

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  jeff@zina.com Joined on 09-26-2003, 10:43 AM Naples, FL, USA Posts 1,426	Re: FTP Folder Permissions Reply Contact It's not really an IIS issue, it's just the way FTP works.  There's no concept of a Copy/Paste within FTP.  It's a transfer to or from, in FTP commands a PUT and a GET.  She's trying to use FTP as a Windows file manager, and that's not what FTP is. Jeff Look for Wrox's new book Professional IIS 7 in your local bookstore, or order now at Amazon.com

• 08-26-2008, 10:52 AM

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  tomkmvp Joined on 03-20-2003, 6:27 AM Lawrenceville, NJ Posts 4,070

  Re: FTP Folder Permissions Reply Contact That's right - it's not IIS at all.  While IE may give a nice Explorer interface into FTP, "Paste" is simply not supported on the client side.  What I find helpful is to open two FTP browsers so I can drag and drop my files. Tom Kaminski IIS MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ http://blogs.iis.net/tomkmvp/ http://www.linkedin.com/pub/8/690/408 http://www.bluesrepublic.org/