FTP Service SIZE Command Leaves File Handles Open

ID: Q182006

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you use FTP clients that call the SIZE command, Internet Information Server (IIS) locks files on the FTP server and will not release them until IIS is completely shut down. As a result, locked files cannot be deleted.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

WORKAROUND

To temporarily correct the problem, stop and restart IIS 4.0. You can do this with the following two commands:


   Net stop iisadmin /y
   Net start iisadmin

This will also stop the World Wide Web Publishing Service.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.

MORE INFORMATION

To install this fix, do the following:

Rename the existing files in the \WINNT\SYSTEM32\INETSRV folder and copy version 4.02.0634.

Stop and start the IIS Administrator service.

Additional query words:

Keywords : IIS4Faq kbbug4.00 kbfaq
Version : winnt:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug