Connecting to ftp with File Browser

Sat Dec 6 00:05:54 UTC 2008

Ray Parrish wrote:
> Ray Parrish wrote:
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>> Rashkae wrote:
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>>> Ray Parrish wrote:
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>>>> Paul Johnson wrote:
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>>>>> On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 3:03 AM, Ray Parrish <crp at cmc.net> wrote:
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>>>>>> Hello,
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>>>>>> 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...
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>>>>> I think you can check in a terminal if you try to run the real ftp
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>>>>> ftp your.host.name.here
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>>>>> 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.
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>>>>> 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.
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>>>>> If you show that ftp actually does work, then it will be easier to
>>>>> figure why the file manager is not connecting.
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>>>>> pj
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>>>> Hello,
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>>>> Well, I can log in with ftp in terminal no problem. Here is the output I 
>>>> got -
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>>>> 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>
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>>>> 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
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>>> Can you paste the output command of pwd instead of ls?  Thanks
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>> Yes, I can, and here it is.
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>> 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>
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>> 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.
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>> 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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> Hello again,
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> 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 -
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> /u********/links  [this is where www.rayslinks.com resides]
> /u********/Poetry  [here I have www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com]
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> 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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I got it! Finally, after trying all kinds of variations on the url I was 
able to load it with the following one.

ftp://u********@www.rayslinks.com/u********/links

This loaded the file list at last! 8-) Now I can use Nautilus to upload 
files if I want to. Thanks for all the help!

Later, Ray Parrish

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