IE 6 or 5 and FTP inconsistencies...

[Jay]

Well... I'm at a loss. I setup an FTP site for a client
on a Windows 2000 box. All works fine for any users of
the site w/ Windows XP, they can read and write without a
hitch. (This is using password authentication for 1 FTP
user which has Power User rights... all machines login
with the same account)

I have some users with 98 though and all have IE6...

- A couple can access the site, but with read only
permissions. It gives her the option to cut or copy a
file, but not to paste anywhere.

- One can not access the site at all, this one really
baffled me, but we backed out an update to IE6 which
brought her down to IE 5.5... and let her access the
site, but couldn't write to it.

This is driving me nuts... I shouldn't have to upgrade
the OS's to XP just to be able to properly use FTP. Any
insight out there?

 

[H Leboeuf]

Recent updates may have caused this.

A security update was made available that modifies the default behavior of
Internet Explorer for handling user information in HTTP and in HTTPS URLs
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=834489

If applicable.

Fix, if This problem occurs after you apply the 832894 security update
(MS04-004) or the 821814 hotfix.


http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=831167
SYMPTOMS
Programs that use Wininet functions to post data (such as a user name or a
password) to a Web server retry the POST request with a blank header if the
Web server closes (or resets) the initial connection request.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the help, but I don't believe that is the
problem. We are not including user information in the
address bar.

Anybody else?

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

I have some users with 98 though and all have IE6...

If it's Win98 and not Win98SE see

<title>KB299893 - Unable to Install FTP Folders When You Install Internet Explorer 6</title>