Connecting to ftp with File Browser
scott
redhowlingwolves at nc.rr.com
Sat Dec 6 07:00:46 UTC 2008
Ray Parrish wrote:
> Ray Parrish wrote:
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>> 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,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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
>>>>
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>>> 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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> 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
>
>
Just as a heads up, I would change that url for your ftp server now that
it is posted to a public mailing list.
You do know how to do this,don't you? No put down intended. But I have
wasted a couple of websites by posting too much info.
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