Symptoms
Unable to create, modify or upload file to Windows webspace using filemanager or FTP client:
CCP > FileManager > Create a test file
It fails with the error: error: "Unable to create file test.txt"
Cause
Issue is caused by missing permission in IIS metabase file C:\Windows\System32\MetaBase.xml:
<IIsFtpVirtualDir Location ="/LM/MSFTPSVC/91/root"
AccessFlags="AccessExecute | AccessRead | AccessScript"
The permission AccessWrite
is missing in MetaBase file. To grant IIS ability to modify and delete files, AccessWrite
permission should be set.
Resolution
Add 'AccessWrite' permission to this file and perform IIS restart:
> iisreset /restart
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