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IIS FTP is not the best FTP solution in the world. I don't like how it uses the NTFS permission instead of having separate permissions for FTP. I think your problem is with the NTFS security at the destination of the UNC path.
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IIS FTP is not the best FTP solution in the world. I don't like how it uses the NTFS permission instead of having separate permissions for FTP. I think your problem is with the NTFS security at the destination of the UNC path.

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Hi,<br />
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I'm setting up a virtual directory in MSFTP (IIS 6.0) to point to a remote share in a DMZ. The ftp server itself is in a separate DMZ and both the firewalls have NetBIOS open for communication between these 2 machines.<br />
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I can access the remote share using the UNC path, I can create the virtual directory with a &quot;Connect As&quot; account that has appropriate permissions on the network share and server.<br />
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The problem lies with IIS as it says &quot;Access Denied&quot; when I connect to FTP and change the directory to the Virtual Directory. There are events as below on the ftp server.<br />
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The server was unable to add the virtual root '/VirtualDirectoryName' for the directory '\\RemoteServer\Share' due to the following error: Access is denied. &nbsp;The data is the error code.<br />
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Any ideas?<br />
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Thanks
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Hi,

I'm setting up a virtual directory in MSFTP (IIS 6.0) to point to a remote share in a DMZ. The ftp server itself is in a separate DMZ and both the firewalls have NetBIOS open for communication between these 2 machines.

I can access the remote share using the UNC path, I can create the virtual directory with a "Connect As" account that has appropriate permissions on the network share and server.

The problem lies with IIS as it says "Access Denied" when I connect to FTP and change the directory to the Virtual Directory. There are events as below on the ftp server.

The server was unable to add the virtual root '/VirtualDirectoryName' for the directory '\\RemoteServer\Share' due to the following error: Access is denied.  The data is the error code.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Virtual Directory Issue

IIS is Internet Information Services, the web server included with Windows Server operating systems. All current versions are built on a modular architecture; modules can be added or removed individually so that those required for specific functionality are installed. The full installation of IIS includes HTTP, security, content, compression, caching, logging and diagnostics.

Microsoft IIS Web Server

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).