IIS: MMC Permits Too Many Characters for FTP Welcome Message (328132)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.1
Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
Microsoft Internet Information Server 5.0

This article was previously published under Q328132

We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 6.0 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003. IIS 6.0 significantly increases Web infrastructure security. For more information about IIS security-related topics, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/IIS.mspx

SYMPTOMS

When you connect to a Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) or Internet Information Services (IIS) computer that is running the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Publishing Service that is configured with a Welcome message, only part of the message is displayed.

CAUSE

The FTP Publishing Service sends a maximum of 1,023 characters of the Welcome message to the client.

WORKAROUND

Limit the Welcome message to 1,023 characters or less.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about how to create an FTP Welcome message, see the "Setting FTP Messages and Directory Output Style" topic in the IIS 5.0 online documentation. If you have the IIS 5.0 documentation installed, you can view this topic by using Microsoft Internet Explorer on the Web server and opening the following address:

http://localhost/iisHelp/

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	6/23/2005
Keywords:	kbbug kbpending KB328132