I install IIS 7, I have an FTP site running and under the Default FTP site I added a virtual directory.

 

But I get a permissions error when I try to connect to

ftp://Server.net/Test

 

When I have the default web site selected the name and path of my virtual directory are in the right list pane. But when I select the "Test" virtual directory nothing shows up. I would think it would show the text doc I put in there for testing. If I right click and select explore I see my sub directory and my text doc, if I select browse I get the 550 error - Access denied.

 

Thanks,

Phil

Check permissions on the directory. Make sure the FTP user has permissions to access the directory.

Well come to find out I walked thru the policy wizrd and I think that is what messed everything up. I figured this out when I uninstalled the FTP and install the latest version for IIS 7 from MSDN. Then I got all kinds of error of service not running. So I reinstalled and I now have it working via localhost.

 

But I cannot access it from the outside. I went into the firewall and created an FTP entry and let set it to allow connections on port 21. Still no luck.

 

I would of thought that installing the FTP app would of opened everything it needed by default.

 

This is what I installed and I did the walkthrus do get it up and running. But even the walkthru uses localhost and not an external IP.

 

IIS.net : Learn IIS7: Installing and Troubleshooting FTP7: FTP 7 for IIS 7.0: Publishing Content to Web Sites: Deploying Web Sites on IIS 7.0

 

Thanks

Phil

What error are you getting when connecting via the internet? Are you logging incoming traffic on your firewall to see if you are even getting past it? What client are you using? Try using "My Computer" or "Windows Explorer" NOT "IE". Personally I use Serv-U, it's very easy to setup and administer.

Run port check Open Port Check Tool, if possible run from two different machines behind same interface. I'm assuming this is a corporate WAN?/LAN?