I'm setting up an FTP Package on windows 2003. Somehow, I
have a quirk going on. When I try to use ftp.exe on
Windows Xp it works fine, but when I use ftp.exe on
Windows Server 2003 then it takes forever to list the
directories and doesn't end up working. When I use that
FTP task in an execute task for my local server it runs
fine, but when I used the same dts package on windows 2003
it doesn't work. Can anyone provide any insight as to
what may be going on. It sounds like Windows 2003 isn't
set up to use ftp, but isn't that enabled from the
installation?

The FTP service is not installed by default on 2003 so maybe that is it?

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"Mike" <anonymous (AT) discussions (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote

I think I'm getting an error on this step:
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.

It just stays there then I have to manually close it