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  • 05-20-2009, 10:32 AM

    • C@bleGuy
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    Accessing FTP sites using Windows/Internet Explorer

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    Please go easy on me, it's my first post :)

    I have a Win2K8 IIS7 server with multiple sites, both web and FTP. Some of the sites have FTP publishing added to the website and some are just FTP sites on their own.

    I using a single public IP and bindings to separate the sites e.g. ftp.domain1.com and ftp.domain2.com.

    I'm using Active FTP and the firewall has been configured correctly. I can FTP using Command Prompt, SmartFTP and had a colleague login successfully with CoreFTP.

    My issue is that I can no longer FTP using Windows or Internet Explorer (Passive has been disabled).

    I get the following error:

    220 Microsoft FTP Service
    550-No such host is known.
    Win32 error: No such host is known.
    Error Details: Hostname didn't match any configured ftp site.
    550 End 

    As mentioned before FTP does work using CMD, SmartFTP and CoreFTP so it must be configured correctly.

    Thanks in advance for your help.
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  • 05-20-2009, 11:09 PM In reply to

    • maverna
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    Re: Accessing FTP sites using Windows/Internet Explorer

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    I had the same harware and configuration, although I am not using the firewall.

    This what I have done and now I can FTP using IE 8.

     I have created a ftproot folder and an FTP site for that folder with out asigning any user to it, even no anonymous user.

    I have also created FTP sites for each user/folder that I need to upload files, as well as adding an FTP publish feature to the requiered web site.

    When I bind the ftp I enabled the Virtual Host name and assign a name that resamble the ftp or the web site. eg. The site is www.example.com I assigned the name www.example.com the virtual host name when bind the ftp site.

    I also create user accounts that are members of the user group and the Remote Desktop group.

    Finaly I disable the advanced internet option for Browsing-Use pasive FTP(for firewall and DSL modem compatiblity) .

    To use the FTP feature in IE, I go to the url: ftp://IP-address-number eg:ftp://212.225.45.xxx.

    As the ftproot folder does not have anonymous user enabled, the IE ask for the user name and password. As user name I use: virtualhostname | username and as password the normal password used to reach the server.eg: www.eaxmple.com | administrator1 (pipe character is important here)

    The IE display the files that are in the assigned folder when the ftp site was created and allows me to upload/download any file.

    I hope these note can help you. It did the trick for me.

    Regards
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