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FileZilla times out when transferring large file

I have a file residing on a FTP site that I am trying to download. The FTP site is a secure site and requires a user name and password. The size of the file I am trying to download is 2.98GB. Part ...
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FTP Transfers keep asking me about existing files even when they are not

I am using filezilla and it seems very often if I transfer a large amount of files it will tell me some files is already there with half the size of the other one and ask about replacing. Problem is I ...
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Cannot see server files when connecting via SFTP?

I am not able to see the files present on the server using Filezilla ftp client. I am using SFTP connection. I am able to connect to the server. I can see only the directories but not the files. I ...
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Logging into Amazon EC2 via Filezilla SFTP

I have a Amazon EC2 Ubuntu instance running FTP server using vsftpd. In my AWS Management Console, under Security Groups, I have ports 20, 21, and 22 open. The default user for the server is "ubuntu" ...
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Compressing and extracting folders via FileZilla

I want to rar and extract folder(of my wordpress site) in the host machine using FileZilla ? Is it possible with FileZilla ? If not what you will suggest ? I dont have SSH access.
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IIS vs FileZilla Server

I'm trying to setup a home server and I've never really done too much of this kind of stuff so I'm pretty confused. I'm trying to figure out what the differences are between Microsoft IIS and ...
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What's the best way to use Filezilla's bookmarks / site manager?

I have several different sites on different servers at any given time. I'm currently using Filezilla as my ftp client, but I can't seem to figure out how the bookmarks are supposed to work. I've tried ...
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ftp server connection timed out

I've forwarded a domain from the htaccess file some time ago. For example, I have www.mywebsite.com and I've forwarded it to www.facebook.com from the htaccess file. Now when I try to connect with ...
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FTP from windows to linux using filezilla causes doubling of file sizes?

Running filezilla 3.3.0.1 (and slightly older versions exhibit this behavior as well) to Red Hat Enterprise 5x with filezilla server, we are getting doubling of text files on overwrite. It seems to ...
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Make Filezilla work with .gitignore files

Is there a way to make Filezilla read the settings i added to .gitignore file and then do the same? (ignore the files specified in the gitignore file)
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What is the protocol 'ftp-data' identified by wireshark?

Just implementing a FTP server and use wireshark to analize the protocol. I find there is a protocol identified by wireshark FTP-DATA. What is that? Any document or RFC can be referred? Thanks and ...
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Linux mint 12: How to view/edit files in filezilla? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to change FileZilla so that View/Edit opens .html in Notepad++, not Firefox Lets say I am connected to my server using filezilla, i want to edit a file hello.php i ...
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Filezilla directory comparison always shows different file sizes

I'm developing a web application on a Mac and uploading to a Windows hosted server. I used to use Filezilla's directory comparison feature to see which files in a directory need to be uploaded to the ...
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setgid bit always unset when changing file permissions

good evening dear Serverfolks! i am a newbi so do not bear with me! I run a linux sever that is administered by a friend of me. He prepares the chown and permissins - with the setgit-bit to on. ...
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Change FileZilla settings in Ubuntu Linux so view/edit uses gedit

This is similar to the Super User question How to change FileZilla so that View/Edit opens .html in Notepad++, not Firefox, but I am asking for FileZilla in Linux. I am using Ubuntu 10.0.4 (Lucid ...
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Can I Upload One File To Multiple Domain Folders In FTP?

I want to upload(and eventually overwrite) the same index.php file to many domain folders. Is there anyway to do this in one go or a shortcut? I am using Filezilla. Thanks Edit: Since I am really ...
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FileZilla passwords

I have quite a few FTP sites saved in FileZilla, however I want to use different client now. How can I see the passwords saved in FileZilla so I could transfer them? OS is Linux (Ubuntu 9.04) if ...
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Connect to server using SFTP and public ssh key using FileZilla on Windows

Is it possible to generate an ssh key on a windows machine then use that key to connect to a server using SFTP via FileZilla? This is all working with my Mac but I have a client that is stuck in a ...
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Unable to connect to FTP server using FileZilla, get response message as ÿý%ÿû

I am trying to connect to FTP server using FileZilla. I get the following sequence of messages. Status: Resolving address of <myhostname> Status: Connecting to <myhostip>:23... Status: ...
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View file in Filezilla without editing

In Filezilla, you can configure it to "View/Edit" a remote file when double-clicking it. However, doing so adds it to a list of files you are currently "editing", which means if I try to open the ...
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FTP - transferring files eats up transfer - how to optimise it?

the problem may be very common. When I transfer files to my FTP server all the files are transferred instead only the changed ones: For example one file on my disk has 7556 bytes and on ftp server ...
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filezilla Command: MLSD Response: 500 Error: Failed to retrieve directory listing

Recently our network was moved to the corporate network and behind the company firewall. Since the i could not access the FTP Servers using Filezilla. I can connect to them but cannot receive the ...
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FTP with caching support

I am very happy with Filezilla FTP, but one thing that it lacks is the caching support of folders. I see that feature is in SmartFTP, but it's not free.. Are there any FTP software that supports ...
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FileZilla - resuming downloads?

I have to download a 15GB file from my client's system using FileZilla. However the download looks like it will take a very long time, more than one day. Can I resume the download after restarting my ...
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How to use sudo from within Windows GUI clients bypassing tty

I need to copy files via ssh but I am getting permission denied. How can I log as a root by windows clients such us FileZilla/WinSCP? I try execute command: sudo su, but I am getting error: You ...
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FileZilla not working on Server 2008 R2

I'm battling to get FileZilla working on Server 2008 R2. Until this morning, I had one 2008 and one XP machine, and always just used the XP one for FTP. I now have two 2008 machines and no FTP client. ...
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How do I use FileZilla to transfer only the latest version of a file when copying from VMS?

I'm using FileZilla to copy a directory from a VMS system to my local PC. When the files arrive, all versions of each file are copied and the names have the version number appended to them as an ...
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Set the default directory above the root directory for FileZilla Server

What I would like to do is set the default directory above the root directory per user on FileZilla Server. I know this is possible with other FTP servers, but I can not seem to find where to set this ...
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FileZilla as local files manager - comparing files and directories on local disks

Is there a way to open local directory instead of server directory? Do you know if there is some plugin to make it avaible? I would like to use FileZilla as local file manager just to compare ...
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How do I determine the optimal maximum simultaneous transfers in Filezilla?

How do I determine the optimal maximum simultaneous transfers in Filezilla?
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FTP “425 can't open data connection”

I have set FileZilla FTP Server. I was able to connect and transsfer files over the LAN and WAN through the command line (telnet, ftp). I am unable to access it through my browser, even though that I ...
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How can I batch/mass create users for a Filezilla FTP server?

I recently inherited two FTP servers; both systems run Filezilla Server. One has a small user-base so creating users is a small task. The other is huge and needs to have 300+ users created. I estimate ...
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Portable Program that will send files to FTP server whenever I save

I'm doing a PHP web project and do a lot of saving to check that the code I'm writing hosts properly on our target environment. I do a lot of saving and thus, when I save I wish it would just ...
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Why can't I connect to this server via FTP?

I'm trying to connect to a server via FTP (to upload a new site). I'm getting the following error message using FileZilla Status: Connecting to xx.xx.xx.xx:21... Status: Connection established, ...
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Filezilla on Mac: SFTP with passwordless authentication?

I am trying to follow the instructions here for OSX http://wiki.filezilla-project.org/Howto I can successfully ssh to the target server with no username/password (OSX picks up my certificates from ...
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Accidentally set the FileZilla option to “Upload overwrite everything”

How can I change that setting? I want to upload files only if they are newer than the version in the FTP server. Is there a reset setting options that I can use without erasing my FTP connection ...
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Can I configure FileZilla server so that it only writes the file once upload is complete?

Can I configure FileZilla server so that it only writes the file once upload is complete? I have a PowerShell script watching a directory for processing, so I'd prefer that the file didn't appear ...
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Filezilla shared settings problem fzdefaults.xml

I am trying to configure FileZilla so that I can use the same settings, etc on all of my networked machines, so to start, I am creating a fxdefaults.xml file, per this article. Ultimately, I want the ...
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FileZilla tranfer files between linux and windows machine basic tutorial

I have a Windows machine, from which I want to transfer files to a Linux machine. Can someone briefly explain to me how to I use FileZilla for that? Do I have to have server running on the Windows ...
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FTP software that lets me edit files directly on a server

I know I've previously used an FTP program that let me browse my FTP server and double-click any file. The file would get opened in my default editor for that file type, and the file would get ...
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Why does FileZilla descend into a directory when deleting?

Why does FileZilla itterrate through each file in a folder and delete each one instead of just deleting the folder? I know this sounds like a simple question, and it probably has the simple answer ...
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FileZilla - Drag 'n Drop doensn't work

I got a strange problem: The Drag 'n Drop of my FileZilla doesn't work. The only information I've found about this is to re-register the fzshellext_64.dll / fzshellext.dll - but this dll doesn't even ...
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What do the icons in the FileZilla Server connection list represent?

In FileZilla there are icons to the left of the connection's id, I can't seem to find in the documentation what they represent. I am guessing Active vs Passive connections but I don't know. Are my ...
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REST command comes over as RE*T when trying to do a ftp transfer

I am trying to resume a file transfer of a set of large files. Both sides are using Filezilla. On the client side the log says Command: TYPE I Command: TYPE I Response: 200 Type set to I ...
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Eclipse as editor for FileZilla. How do I configure it?

I've decided to switch from Netbeans IDE to Eclipse PDT. I use FileZilla to edit files on FTP. I wish to use Eclipse PDT as default file editor for FileZilla. I opened up FileZilla, went to Edit > ...
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access to data via login-server with ftp-client

I have a simple question. Until now I was using FileZilla to shift my data via ssh from my home computer to the institutes server. At the new institute I have to access my local data on my computer ...
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FileZilla Misreports File Sizes

I have the task of downloading some backups from our hosted web site and the backup are quite large, 4,755,281KB, yes it's over 4GB. I intalled FileZilla and navigated to the remote directory and it ...
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How can I get FileZilla to ignore folder or files (like .svn or CVS)?

How can I get FileZille to ignore folders or files? I don't want to upload my version-control info to my web-server! (question implied in a comment to another answer).
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Is there a way to tell FileZilla to not upload files and directories that begin with a dot?

When I upload my PHP sites created in Eclipse to my website via FileZilla, I first have to: select all then individually unselect all dot files and directories since I don't want this information on ...
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Unable to view certain website

I can't connect to some websites at my work place, but I am able to connect to the websites outside of work. Firefox shows an error like this: The connection has timed out The server at ...