FTP disconnects.

[Pinkpig]

Hello all, im having a FTP connection problem.
I FTP into my server thru command prompt, once i connect i get asked for username and password. Once i enter those two, i get disconnected.
Im doing this locally within the LAN, so there shouldnt be any blocked ports etc or firewall to deal with. I posted the ftp output from the dos command.

i checked the event viewer logs and i dont see any warnings or problems.
Log files seem fine also.

Any help would be great!.

>ftp 198.168.1.9
Connected to 198.168.1.9.
220 WebFTP Microsoft FTP Service (Version 5.0).
User (198.168.1.9none)): ftpuser
331 Password required for ftpuser.
Password:
230-Welcome to the FTP site.
230 User ftpuser logged in.
ftp: connect
C:\Documents and Settings\....>

thanks
Laura

 

[n0cmonkey]

If there is nothing in the logs, use asniffer to see what is going on.

 

[Pinkpig]

What do i look for with asniffer?

 

[spidey07]

Hi - from the output I'm not exactly sure how you invoked the ftp client with windows. And it's built-in client is pretty farging bad. As I understand it you're trying to connect to the FTP server on your localhost (your machine)?

Try this from a command line (and before anybody slams me, this is to help understand FTP).

ftp localhost

you will be asked for username and subsequent password, do that

You are running an application, that application is a FTP server.

I'm confused on what you're trying to do. From the output you are already connected to the FTP server of that host. Issue commands like "ls" or "help", the server should respond.

 

[Pinkpig]

Im invoking ftp from command prompt. "cmd.exe" Im ftping into a server, not my local machine.
After i connect with ftp, it kicks me out right away after i put in the password and login.
As the output i have posted above, once it kicks me out it says "ftp : connect" and drops me back to the prompt.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Pinkpig
Im invoking ftp from command prompt. "cmd.exe" Im ftping into a server, not my local machine.
After i connect with ftp, it kicks me out right away after i put in the password and login.
As the output i have posted above, once it kicks me out it says "ftp : connect" and drops me back to the prompt.

There is big difference, so thanks for clarifying. It's the ">" prompt that I'm picking up on. You're issueing a "connect" command after you are already connected to the FTP server, it's going to drop you if you do that.

My guess is your FTP server doesn't have a directory as it's root.

 

[her209]

Make sure the ftpuser has read access (at least) to the C:\Inetpub\<ftproot> folder

 

[Nothinman]

Yea, my first guess would be to check the permissions on wherever it's trying to put you after you login.