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How do i use a web browser to FTP with a user/pass where the pass has a @ in it?

Example:

ftp://user:p@ssword@192.168.1.1

the above will not work.

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Maybe ftp://user:p%40ssword@192.168.1.1?

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I thought this as well, I get a 530 when i try this method. – Justin808 Oct 4 '10 at 21:04
@Justin: If that password is correct, maybe the ftp server just can't handle a password encoded like that. – Michael Petrotta Oct 4 '10 at 21:07
I'll double check the server. Thanks – Justin808 Oct 4 '10 at 21:11
The above answer should work, i've used similar for usernames that contain a @ sign. – Sirex Oct 7 '10 at 8:45
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You'll need to encode the @. See this page for a reference:

This encoding (which is defined by URL specifications, not HTML specifications) consists of using the percent sign followed by two hexadecimal digits, presenting the code position.

The at-sign is at code position 40 (hex).

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+1. See also ftp.funet.fi/pub/doc/rfc/rfc1738.txt (linked from there) p.2 – Potatoswatter Oct 4 '10 at 21:09
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