Connecting to ftp with File Browser

[Ray Parrish]

Rashkae wrote:
> Ray Parrish wrote:
>   
>> Paul Johnson wrote:
>>     
>>> On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 3:03 AM, Ray Parrish <crp at cmc.net> wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I've added a connection to my web site ftp server in File Browser, but
>>>> it's not working right. I selected "ftp with login" as type of connection.
>>>>
>>>> For some reason it will not show any folders. All I get is the top level
>>>> folder which contains only a small text file which is a note from my
>>>> hosting service about enabling Frontpage extensions.
>>>>
>>>> I'm being hosted on a Windows server, is this the problem?
>>>>
>>>> I'd really like to try out this method of access to my site, but if it's
>>>> not possible it no big deal as I have a good ftp program which connects
>>>> to the site no problem.
>>>>
>>>> Later, Ray Parrish
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> I wonder if your web server is actually running ftp, rather than a
>>> transfer over ssh (sftp).  Have you made sure  that the server
>>> actually accepts old fashioned ftp connections?  Most won't, these
>>> days. Well, the commercial servers I belong to won't.
>>>
>>> It could be that the "good ftp program" you are using is not actually
>>> using the ftp protocol...
>>>
>>> I think you can check in a terminal if you try to run the real ftp
>>>
>>> ftp your.host.name.here
>>>
>>> and it will come back and ask you for name and password.
>>>
>>> If that works, then the web browser should be able to connect there
>>> too, and I bet nautilus or konqueror will too, if you get the magic
>>> incantation.
>>>
>>> If my guess is correct, and the ftp connection is not allowed, then
>>> you need to connect with an ssh filesystem, or gftp or filezilla with
>>> the connection type set to ssh.
>>>
>>> If you show that ftp actually does work, then it will be easier to
>>> figure why the file manager is not connecting.
>>>
>>> pj
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> Hello,
>>
>> Well, I can log in with ftp in terminal no problem. Here is the output I 
>> got -
>>
>> ray at ray-desktop:~$ ftp www.rayslinks.com
>> Connected to www.rayslinks.com.
>> 220-Microsoft FTP Service
>> 220 NTXPWUS59
>> Name (www.rayslinks.com:ray): u********
>> 331 Password required for u********.
>> Password:
>> 230-FTP Server
>> 230 User u******** logged in.
>> Remote system type is Windows_NT.
>> ftp> ls
>> 200 PORT command successful.
>> 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
>> 01-14-08  07:43PM       <DIR>          _db_import
>> 02-25-05  04:43AM                  807 1and1logo.gif
>> 04-03-08  09:14AM       <DIR>          aspnet_client
>> 01-14-08  07:43PM       <DIR>          db
>> 11-27-08  04:18PM                 4806 error404.html
>> 12-02-08  11:00PM       <DIR>          links
>> 01-14-08  07:43PM       <DIR>          logs
>> 11-22-08  09:14PM       <DIR>          Poetry
>> 226 Transfer complete.
>> ftp>
>>
>> As you can see I was able to get a folder list with no problem. I have 
>> changed the user number to *'s to protect my information. Any ideas why 
>> it will not work in Nautilus? [be sure to have a look at my earlier post 
>> about the odd folder structure it has]
>>
>> Later, Ray Parrish
>>
>>     
>
> Can you paste the output command of pwd instead of ls?  Thanks
>
>   
Yes, I can, and here it is.

ray at ray-desktop:~$ ftp www.rayslinks.com
Connected to www.rayslinks.com.
220-Microsoft FTP Service
220 NTXPWUS59
Name (www.rayslinks.com:ray): u********
331 Password required for u********.
Password:
230-FTP Server
230 User u******** logged in.
Remote system type is Windows_NT.
ftp> pwd
257 "/u********" is current directory.
ftp>

As you can see from those results, I am initially in a folder named with 
my username for the account when in Terminal. I have tried to add this 
folder name to the url in the Nautilus location box, and Nautilus 
returns that it cannot find the folder. I'm using copy and paste to 
insure I do not misspell it.

However, I know from looking at the folder structure within FileZilla, 
that the text file I can see in Nautilus is actually in the root folder 
of the account above that folder, so Nautilus doesn't automatically 
connect to the username folder on the server.

Later, Ray Parrish

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