Stopping FTP Sites Using Iisftp.vbs

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1

If your File Transfer Protocol (FTP) site is not behaving correctly, or if the site is slow or unresponsive, stopping and restarting the site might clear a temporary problem with the software—for example, a faulty worker process.

In cases like these, you can use the command-line script iisftp.vbs, which is stored in systemroot\System32, to stop an FTP site from responding. The content of the site is unchanged, but it will be inaccessible to users until the site is restarted.

Important

You must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer to run scripts and executables. As a security best practice, log on to your computer by using an account that is not in the Administrators group, and then use the runas command to run your script or executable as an administrator. At a command prompt, type runas /profile /User:MyComputer</STRONG>Administrator cmd to open a command window with administrator rights and then type cscript.exe ScriptName (include the script's full path and any parameters).

This topic includes the following information:

  • Syntax: The order in which you type a command and any arguments and options that follow it.

  • Parameters: The values that are given to variables in the command.

  • Examples: Sample code and an explanation of the results.

Syntax

iisftp/stop FTPSite [FTPSite...] [/s Computer [/u [Domain\]User**/p** Password]]

Parameters

FTPSite

Required. Specifies the site name or metabase path of the FTP site. FTP sites must be uniquely identified. If more than one FTP site has the same descriptive name, you must use the metabase path to identify the FTP site.

/s Computer

Runs the script on the specified remote computer. Type the computer name or IP address without backslashes. By default, the script runs on the local computer.

/u [Domain\]User

Runs the script with the permissions of the specified user account. This account must be a member of the Administrators group on the remote computer. By default, the script runs with the permissions of the current user of the local computer.

/p Password

Specifies the password of the user account that is specified in the /u parameter.

Examples

Example 1:

The following example stops the "Drivers" FTP site on the local computer. The command identifies the site by its name. In this example, the /s parameter is omitted because the server is local. The /u and /p parameters are omitted because the current user of the local computer must be logged on as an administrator in order to run the command.

iisftp /stop Drivers

In response, iisftp displays the following message confirming that the site has been stopped, and identifying the site by its metabase path. The metabase path is the IIS equivalent of an entry in the system registry.

Connecting to server ...Done.

Server MSFTPSVC/1879143292 has been STOPPED.

Example 2:

The following example stops the "Downloads" and "Drivers" FTP sites on the SVR01 remote computer. The command identifies the "Downloads" site by its metabase path, "MSFTPSVC/2109607139", and the "Drivers" site by name. In addition, the command uses the /s parameter to specify the remote computer, and the /u and /p parameters to run the commands with the permissions of the user's administrator account.

iisftp /stop MSFTPSVC/2109607139 Drivers /s SVR01 /u Tom /p p###word

In response, iisftp displays the following message confirming that the sites have been stopped, and identifying each site by its metabase path:

Connecting to server ...Done.

Server MSFTPSVC/2109607139 has been STOPPED.

Server MSFTPSVC/1879143292 has been STOPPED.