Ah yes, you did try that... This link here has some stuff on it regarding permissions (file based - step 3) so might help?
http://www.iis.net/learn/publish/using-the-ftp-service/configuring-ftp-firewall-settings-in-iis-7 On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Stephen Price <step...@perthprojects.com>wrote: > Have you tried FTP from command line? > > might give more info? > > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Greg Keogh <g...@mira.net> wrote: > >> Folks, for the first time in a couple of years I have to get FTP working >> on a Win2008R2 Server. IIS seems to configured correctly (I think), I can >> see port 21 open to the world via Shields-Up, tcpmon shows 21 is listening, >> FTP is set to use basic authentication. So it "looks" alright, but all >> attempts to connect fail. >> >> IE says "The page can't be displayed". Filezilla says "can't connect to >> the server". Ftp.exe says "Connection closed by the remote host". >> >> I just can't get any reason why it's failing? IIS FTP says it's logging >> but there are no files. Can anyone think of any trick to get more useful >> information about why it's failing? >> >> *Greg K* >> > >