Article ID: 303000
Article Last Modified on 11/21/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0
This article was previously published under Q303000
SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to use a password that contains a beginning space or spaces to log on to a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) site, you may receive the following error message:
CAUSE
FTP server removes all the spaces between the command (PASS) and its argument (password), which leads to the removal of the beginning space or spaces of the password. Because a wrong password is passed into local security agent, the logon fails.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Date Time Version Size File name -------------------------------------------------------------- 7/17/2001 05:48p 5.0.2195.3875 117,008 Ftpsvc2.dll
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Internet Information Services 5.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.
MORE INFORMATION
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
- Install Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 and Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0.
- Create a user account and set the password so that it does not begin with a space.
- Attempt to log on to the FTP server with this account. The attempt is successful.
- Reset the password to contain a space as the first character.
- Attempt to log on to the FTP server. It fails with the 530 error message.
REFERENCES
For additional information on how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
265173 The Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product
For more information on how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, see the following Knowledge Base article:
296861 Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot
For more information on how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, see the following Knowledge Base article:
249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes
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