Microsoft KB Archive/900405

= FIX: You receive an &quot;Access is denied&quot; error message when you try to append a file that is hosted on IIS 6 by using the append command at an FTP prompt (900405) =

Article ID: 900405

Article Last Modified on 12/3/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0

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SYMPTOMS
Consider the following scenario. You want to append one file to another file that is hosted on Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6. When you try to use the append command at an FTP prompt, you receive an error message that is similar to the following:

550 : Access is denied.

Note In the error message,  is the name of the file to which you want to append another file.

This problem occurs even though you have the Create Folders/Append Data user right on the file.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because of a limitation in the FTP code.



Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

889100 How to obtain the latest service pack for Windows Server 2003

Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required.

Restart requirement
You must restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

If you do not want to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix, stop all IIS services before you apply this hotfix. To do this, type the following command at a command prompt, and then press ENTER:

iisreset /stop

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 for Itanium-based systems
 Date         Time   Version        Size     File name --- 22-Jun-2005  16:04  6.0.3790.2471  338,432  Ftpsvc2.dll

Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1, x64 Editions
 Date         Time   Version        Size     File name --- 22-Jun-2005  16:04  6.0.3790.2471  177,664  Ftpsvc2.dll

Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1, x86 versions
 Date         Time   Version        Size     File name --- 22-Jun-2005  15:36  6.0.3790.2471  127,488  Ftpsvc2.dll

Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based systems
 Date         Time   Version       Size     File name -- 22-Jun-2005  16:04  6.0.3790.354  313,344  Ftpsvc2.dll

Windows Server 2003, x86 versions
 Date         Time   Version       Size     File name -- 22-Jun-2005  15:15  6.0.3790.354  119,808  Ftpsvc2.dll



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, give the security account the Create Files/Write Data and Create Folders/Append Data user rights on the file.

To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) In Windows Explorer, right-click the file for which you want to change the user rights, and then click Properties.
 * 2) Click the Security tab, and then click Advanced.
 * 3) Click the security account that you want to change, and then click Edit.
 * 4) Click to select the Create Files / Write Data Allow and Create Folders / Append Data check boxes, and then click OK three times.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section. This problem was first corrected in Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbpubtypekc kbhotfixserver kbwinserv2003sp2fix KB900405

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