IIS ftp server can't access from other machine

https://serverfault.com/questions/438314/iis-ftp-server-works-locally-but-cannot-connect-from-remote

Basically, you have to run:

sc sidtype ftpsvc unrestricted

And then restart the FTP service:

net stop ftpsvc & net start ftpsvc

From what I can tell, it's a bug in R2. Go figure.

How to know linux server restart

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/86061/how-to-know-why-server-keeps-restarting

You can use the following 2 commands (who & last) to find out the last time the system was rebooted and also messages about previous shutdown or runlevel changes.

Last time system booted?

For this you can use the who command. Specifically with the -b switch.

$ who -b
         system boot  2013-08-01 17:56

This says the last time the system was booted was 2013-08-01.

Past reboots

If you're interested in seeing a more extensive list of previous reboots you can use the lastcommand.

$ last reboot | less
reboot   system boot  2.6.35.14-106.fc Thu Aug  1 17:56 - 02:03 (7+08:06)   
reboot   system boot  2.6.35.14-106.fc Thu Aug  1 09:41 - 17:55  (08:14)    
reboot   system boot  2.6.35.14-106.fc Thu Jul 25 15:24 - 17:55 (7+02:31)   
reboot   system boot  2.6.35.14-106.fc Thu Jul 18 18:05 - 15:23 (6+21:17)   
...

Past system shutdowns & runlevel changes?

You can use the last command for this too. You'll need to use the -x switch.

$ last -x | less
saml     pts/7        :pts/6:S.0       Sat Aug  3 21:30 - 21:30  (00:00)    
saml     pts/6        :0.0             Sat Aug  3 21:29 - 21:30  (00:01)    
saml     pts/4        :0.0             Fri Aug  2 21:49 - 22:16 (2+00:26)   
saml     pts/2        :0.0             Fri Aug  2 13:30 - 22:16 (2+08:45)   
saml     pts/1        :0.0             Fri Aug  2 13:05   still logged in   
saml     pts/0        :0.0             Fri Aug  2 12:37   still logged in   
saml     pts/0        :0.0             Fri Aug  2 12:35 - 12:37  (00:02)    
saml     pts/0        :0.0             Thu Aug  1 17:58 - 12:35  (18:36)    
saml     tty1         :0               Thu Aug  1 17:56   still logged in   
runlevel (to lvl 5)   2.6.35.14-106.fc Thu Aug  1 17:56 - 02:04 (7+08:08)   
reboot   system boot  2.6.35.14-106.fc Thu Aug  1 17:56 - 02:04 (7+08:08)   
shutdown system down  2.6.35.14-106.fc Thu Aug  1 17:55 - 17:56  (00:00)    
runlevel (to lvl 6)   2.6.35.14-106.fc Thu Aug  1 17:55 - 17:55  (00:00)    
saml     tty2                          Thu Aug  1 17:54 - down   (00:01)    
root     tty2                          Thu Aug  1 17:53 - 17:54  (00:00)    
...

References

• who man page
• last man page