Authorization error when testing FTP to UNC

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Published on 2011-11-15T09:26:53Z Indexed on 2011/11/15 9:55 UTC
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We have a Windows Server 2008 R2 with Active Directory (hereafter called DC) running as a domain controller on which we have IIS and an FTP site installed. We have a second Server 2008 (hereafter called SHARE) which is joined to that domain and has a disk shared as a network share (\\share\Office). That network share is used as the ftp's physical path on DC.

We've tested the FTP from the IIS FTP configuration panel, by clicking on Basic Settings... then Test Settings.... When setting Administrator as a username with the Connect as... option, everything is fine:

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When no user is provided we can the below error:

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Q1: Could someone explain in more understandable terms what is written in the Details text area?

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