FTP Error 550 When Using Web Folder View and FTP Home Folders (244778)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows 98
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q244778 SYMPTOMS
When you open an FTP site by using the following syntax with Internet Explorer with Web-based FTP enabled, you receive FTP error 550 if you have a home folder specified:
ftp://User:Password@ftp.address.com/User
The site opens, but if you attempt to change to any subfolder within the your defined folder, the following error message occurs:
Extended Server Error Message :
200 Type set to I.
200 PORT command successful.
550 /User/User/SubFolder/: No such file or directory.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, upgrade to Internet Explorer 5.01. You can obtain Internet Explorer 5.01 from the following Microsoft Web site:
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
This problem was corrected in Internet Explorer 5.01.
MORE INFORMATION
When you receive the 550 error message, you may want to use the Ftp.exe client to determine whether you can actually gain access to the directory.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/14/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbenv kberrmsg kbprb KB244778 |
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