Connecting to ftp with File Browser

Fri Dec 5 23:18:18 UTC 2008

Ray Parrish wrote:
> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> --
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>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> 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
>>>>
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>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> 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
>
>   
Hello again,

Just a couple of notes that may make a difference here. I have two 
domains hosted in the same location on the server, and the hosting 
service has me create and specify a folder from which to load each 
domain name. The actual folder hierarchy is as follows -

/u********/links  [this is where www.rayslinks.com resides]
/u********/Poetry  [here I have www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com]

I think this could be confusing Nautilus somehow. I've tried to use one 
of the folders below /links on the end of the url to see if that works, 
and it returns not found as well.

Later, Ray Parrish

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