Microsoft KB Archive/280426

= Cannot Put a File with a Name That Ends with &quot;ABOR&quot; =

Article ID: 280426

Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
 * Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0

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This article was previously published under Q280426



SYMPTOMS
When you use FTP to transfer a file to an Internet Information Server or Internet Information Services server, the put does not work if the file name meets all of the following conditions:
 * The file name uses all uppercase letters.
 * The file name contains the string &quot;ABOR&quot;.
 * The file name has no extension.

The FTP server sees such a file name as an FTP abor command and responds with &quot;Quit.&quot; This issue occurs with with Microsoft Windows NT 4.0-based computers as the FTP client to Internet Information Server or Internet Information Services.



WORKAROUND
To work around the problem, rename the file or do not send all uppercase letters.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Note The version of IIS 6.0 that is included in Windows 2003 does not have this problem.

Additional query words: iis capital caps

Keywords: kbenv kbprb KB280426

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