IE keeps forgetting username:passwd in a single FTP session

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Steve F \(Go Hokies\)

browser ver: 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.030422-1633

When I ftp to a site using something like:
ftp://username:p[email protected]

Then as I browse through some of the folders on that ftp
site, the "username:passwd" part of the URI gets lost.
Then when I try to either PUT or GET a file, I no longer
have sufficient permissions to perform those tasks.

Very annoying!

I like the interface that IE uses for ftp, and it would
probably take years to explain ncftp to some of my
users. So if there is a way around this, or if a bug
ticket needs to be put in... Anyway, I'd rather have my
users use IE as the default ftp client.

-Steve
 
No Credential Prompt When You Connect to Secure Web Site After You Use
Explorer to Start Internet Explorer
Because of this, an unauthorized user may be able to connect to the secure
Web site by using the cached credentials.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321942 (i. e. 5, 6. W98/se/NT4/ME/W2000
5/12/2003)
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Password issues select "Internet Explorer"
http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/password.htm


Some changes made which you may or may not be aware of.

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.


Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
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