passive ftp service

[yesti]

Hi, I found an article explaining how to limit the ports Windows uses for passive ftp similar to the following:

http://www.chinookservers.com/Support/FAQ/PassiveFTP/tabid/62/Default.aspx

1. Enable Direct Metabase Edit
2. Configure PassivePortRange via ADSUTIL.vbs

cscript.exe adsutil.vbs set /MSFTPSVC/PassivePortRange "5500-5520"

3. Restart FTP service

I did that, got the expected output from the script (PassivePortRange : (STRING) "5500-5520"), verified the PassivePortRange was in the XML file but doing a netstat -a does not show the ports I specified as LISTENING. As you might expect passive connections fail. The router is configured to forward the port range.

Can anyone explain what I did wrong?

In the meantime, I installed ServU, configured passive port range, they all showed up in netstat -a and it is working. But why didn't windows FTP work? Thanks.

 

[yesti]

Not sure if this article applies. I don't have access to the server at the moment to see if the error appeared.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196271/EN-US/