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  1. #1

    FTP wont delete or overwrite existing files server 2008 R2

    Hi there,

    I have had this issue that is slightly intermittent in the sense i can overwrite a file or two before i get the following message;

    *****************************************************************
    Response: 230 User logged in.
    Command: OPTS UTF8 ON
    Response: 200 OPTS UTF8 command successful - UTF8 encoding now ON.
    Status: Connected
    Status: Starting upload of E:\My Web Sites\Hours\hours\dbcon.asp
    Command: CWD /httpdocs/includes
    Response: 250 CWD command successful.
    Command: TYPE A
    Response: 200 Type set to A.
    Command: PORT 192,168,1,69,195,45
    Response: 200 PORT command successful.
    Command: STOR dbcon.asp
    Response: 550 Access is denied.
    Error: Critical file transfer error

    *****************************************************************
    I get a similar message when trying to delete a file.
    My FTP client is FileZilla.

    I dont think its a firewall issue as i turned it off and tried with no change. I also tried the following from another forum;

    1) Open port 21 on the firewall;

    netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="FTP (no SSL)" action=allow protocol=TCP dir=in localport=21

    2) Activate firewall application filter for FTP (aka Stateful FTP) that will dynamically open ports for data connections;

    netsh advfirewall set global StatefulFtp enable

    I'm really hoping someone can help as I'm one of those unfortunate ones who suffer two afflictions that combined are a recipe for server carnage;
    1) I'm a total novice at running a dedicated server.
    2) My server/support provider is 1&1

    Thanks in advance

  2. #2
    It seems a permission issue of your ftp user or file permission on server end.

  3. #3
    Thanks for the reply Lincxu,

    So how would i go about checking the FTP user and file permissions through the remote desktop?

    I dont know if this is significant but i have 3 IP's on the server two are dedicated and 1 is shared and its the shared one im working on, I've not yet added the sites to the other two.

    Also I have just discovered i can rename a file.

    Thanks again.
    Last edited by OscarTT; 03-13-2012 at 02:33 PM. Reason: further information

  4. #4
    I may have resolved this issue.
    The main head scratcher here was the problem being intermittent so i looked at what might not be constant which of course is the bandwidth from the ISP that i am using for the PC that is using the FTP client to upload to the remote server.
    It appears that when the upload bandwidth is very poor (the online speedtester times out with an error when testing upload speed) i get the '550 Access is denied' error and when its fast i can overwrite to my hearts content.
    So next stop talk to my ISP.
    Has anyone ever experienced this?

  5. #5
    To reply to this further for anyone else having such issues i have found that the speed that filezilla uploads is also an issue when you have a limited upload bandwidth from your ISP.
    The reason i know this is i have further solved this issue by using a different FTP client WS_FTP Professional from Ipswitch

  6. #6
    What FTP server software are you using? It definitely sounds like a user/permissions problem rather than bandwidth.

  7. #7
    It's certainly possible that due to VERY slow connection speed, your FTP session was getting timed out from server-side...as a result, the client was unable to write to the file any further (and hence, access denied by server).

  8. #8
    Quote Originally Posted by datastoreuk2013 View Post
    What FTP server software are you using? It definitely sounds like a user/permissions problem rather than bandwidth.
    I believe its the standard Microsoft FTP software that runs in IIS7
    BTW i have had the same issue on two separate dedicated servers from two different providers both running Sever 2008

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    I had this issues once when using FileZilla, it was only a certain server and the problem persisted with other FTP programs as well. Over time the issues resolved itself but this thread is shedding some light on what the problem may have been. Thank you.
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