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Error "530 Valid Hostname is expected" using FTP to IIS7

Reference Number: AA-00201 Views: 13330 Created: 2010-08-03 16:22 Last Updated: 2010-08-03 16:22 50 Rating/ 2 Voters

Issue

When connecting to IIS7 using FTP you get the following error.

530 Valid Hostname is expected

Reason

When you set up name-based FTP services IIS7 wants the sitename defined with the username so that IIS7 can associate the username with the site they wish to log in to.

Solution A

If you want more than one FTP site on your VPS you will need to :

Configure all FTP clients such that :
Host: Mysite.com
User: Mysite.com|Username

Note the "|" that seperates the Sitename and the Username.

Solution B

If you only have one FTP site remove the "Host Name" defined in the "Bindings" property of the FTP site.


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