Questions tagged [ftp]
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a common protocol for transferring files between computers over networks
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Proxying FTP Over MQTT
Considering we have established a secure connection via MQTT (Let's say to AWS-IoT /Azure etc) can we then use it to tunnel FTP server running on Embedded Device (For remote access)?
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When using FTP, can only connect to server as root user, not users I have created
I have a server set up on a DreamCompute. I am attempting to connect to my server through FTP, and have VSFTPD installed.
Strangely, I am able to log in as the root user (with no password) through the ...
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Revoke FTP permissions to subfolder for a certain user
I'm working in a web project to which several people can access to the FTP.
There is a particular user that should no access to a certain sub-folder, so I would like to revoke the access to it.
The ...
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How can I use Blowfish cipher algorithm for securing FTP connection in a vsftpd service?
I need to implement an SFTP server that uses Blowfish as the cipher algorithm for the communications. The FTP server will be in an Ubuntu OS. I initially installed vsftpd service and I'm trying to ...
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Why would vsftpd be logging to syslog even though logging is disabled in vsftpd?
I have all logging disabled in /etc/vsftpd but for some reason it is still logging to /var/log/syslog and I can't figure out why.
root@unraid:/etc# cat /etc/vsftpd.conf
# vsftpd.conf for unRAID
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Has the FTP server's certificate been improperly configured if a popular trusted FTP client raises an error that its certificate is unknown?
When a popular FTP client reports an "unknown certificate" error does that mean that the certificate has not been set up properly on the server? Is the FTP client supposed to follow the ...
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New ftp user created and now I can't access website over my wifi network
I have created a new FTP user and now I can't access my website over my wifi address. I have checked if it is banned/blocked in Cpanel or in the application and everything was good.
As soon as I go ...
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How can I watch a folder on an sftp server for new files?
I log in to a sftp server, and to see the files I type ls. Is there any way to recursively watch a folder? For now I just keep typing ls -tlh. Is there a way for that to happen without me typing it? ...
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How to Open Files in Default Windows Apps for a FTP Server added as a Network Location?
I've installed "WiFi FTP Server" mobile app on my Android phone which allows your phone to run as a FTP Server.
When I add a network location in Windows 10, it works fine and I can see/...
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Can I use port 21 for two ip cameras to ftp to two different servers?
I am trying to send ip camera images from one camera via ftp to a weather site, ambientweather.net, and another ip camera to send images to another online webcam site, webcam.io. I can do one or the ...
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Delete all directories on a ftp folder except ones I list cronjob?
Is there any way for me to delete all folders in a given ftp folder using a cronjob, and the deleted files are folders older than x hours, with a few specific folders that are not deleted that I ...
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can't connect remotely to ftp server
after installing and configuring vsftpd on my Ubuntu 20.04, I'm unable to connect to my ftp server remotely. It works fine inside my LAN.
I'm behind a NAT, but have all the necessary ports forwarded, ...
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Slow File Transfer via 10GbE
I have two machines locally connected via 10 Gigabit Ethernet. System Information:
Machine A: Intel Core i7 8700K, 32 GB DDR4 memory, Intel X550-T2 10GbE NIC, Arch Linux
Machine B: AMD EPYC 3101, 256 ...
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WINSCP doesn't resume
WINSCP is supposed to resume FTP transfers when the file part already exists, except it seems to only do that occasionally, seemingly at random. At other times, it will completely replace the file.
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Access to FTP server tunnelled through two remote servers
I have a remote server, which has a VPN connection to a Raspberry running as a home server, connected to my local LAN. I can SSH into this with a tunnel through my remote server to wake up my desktop, ...
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Cannot access FTP (vsdtpd) from LAN using public address. Works from WAN
I cannot access my ftp server (vsftpd) from LAN network (the same where server is running) using public IP address. It works only through local IP. Works through public IP, but outside my network.
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Can't delete a hidden file on a linux server
I've a backups linux server where I upload my backups via lftp. I don't have any other way to access this server. For some reason I can't delete a hidden file.
$ls -la
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vsftpd folder/subfolders permissions
I have set-up a VSFTPD and it's working, however there is a little problem with the permissions that is acting wierd.
If I access the FTP user I created I can see all folders, subfolders and files ...
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FTP Client - Overwrite a folder (removing orphaned files)
Is it possible to overwrite an entire folder
via some FTP client?
I have a situation like this:
local/temp/ttt | remote/temp/ttt
bbb.txt | aaa.txt
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How would a hacker be able to spoof their IP when logging into a private FTP server?
If, somehow, someone gains access to one of the users on my FTP server, I would still be able to see their IP address and trace it to them. However, I fear that it might be possible for them to spoof ...
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How To Create A Local File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Folder
Before this, I have one IP address which uses File Transfer Protocol (FTP) locally. I can directly access to this FTP through my windows explorer simply by typing :
"ftp://<ip address:port&...
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How to monitor FTP traffic?
My FTP client is connected to a remote server and displays upload traffic. But I can't see this traffic anywhere: both Fiddler and Ressourcemonitor don't display any FTP connection and traffic.
How ...
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Connectiong to XAMPP FTP from another pc
So I have a website, and I'm tring to setup FTP. When I on the virtual windows machine start FileZilla in XAMPP, and then try to connect to it, it works fine, and I can also upload files to the FTP ...
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TLS1.2 still used despite forcing use of TLS1.0
I have a customer who is trying to connect to my company's FTP server and we have asked him to force the use of TLS1.0, which he has done through a curl request (curl version : 7.29.0). However, ...
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How to upload every file in directory to server with curl
I have a local folder called dist and I would like to upload the files in that folder to my server - but I don't want to upload the folder - only it's contents
find dist -type f -exec curl -u username@...
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Server File System Structure
I'm new to vservers, so maybe I have a basic misunderstanding of file system structure or SSH in general.
I want to navigate to my files, I have root access and my SSH terminal: root starts from Plesk ...
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Apache Netbeans IDE remote synchronization window says "file must be merged"
I've got a PHP project in Netbeand IDE.
The IDE is connected over FTP to a web server, and I don't use any source control.
So, I just write code on a PC, and after a while I synchronize it to the ...
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Transferring data from Windows to Ubuntu is way slow
I'm trying to upload a 6GB file from Windows to a (remote) Linux machine.
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over both SFTP and SCP (WinSCP): tx speed is 90-100kbps.
over plain insecure FTP (FileZilla): tx speed is 80-100kbps....
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If a computer is able to access a phone via just a USB, what's stopping the phone from accessing the computers filesystem?
Okay, lets set away a few limitations, specifically by the operating system.
Assume both devices are running a Linux-based Operating System, and that both devices are admin/root.
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Some FTP connections have extremely slow read on Mac
I am experiencing weird issue during last few weeks. Even official Apple support couldn't help me with this. And I don't know, where else to ask, so I am trying here...
Connections to some FTP servers ...
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Command line SFTP on Windows 10
I am getting strange key board behavior when I try to connect to an FTP server using Windows 10 on the command line...
>sftp [email protected]
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Is it possible to turn my Mac Pro into an FTP server without using any third party FTP clients like Filezilla or VSFTPD?
I want to turn a Mac Pro Tower into an FTP server that exchanges files locally between my MacBooks and Homebrewed PS3 and Xbox 360.
I don’t want to install any third party FTP clients and am wondering ...
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Getting ECONNREFUSED after certificate prompt when connecting to Pure-FTPd via TLS, plain FTP works
I have setup a new FTP server using Pure-FTPd and Ubuntu 20.04. I can connect to my server without a problem when I'm not activating TLS.
First I created a self-signed certificate with the following ...
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A ftp server that automatically backup files downloaded by users
If I want to setup a ftp server (using CentOS 7) which can automatically and implicitly duplicate/save the files its ftp user downloads, how should I do?
For example, a valid ftp user may download ...
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How to configure router so that it allow clients to connect but doesn't allow accessing the Internet?
I have a hacked Nintendo Switch and I've set up a ftp server on it. I can't allow it to connect my Wi-Fi, since it will get banned if it has Internet access. But I still want to remote access its ftp ...
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SFTP/FTP connection timeouts when left unused for few minutes
I am running Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa (Xfce 4.14.2) and I have this issue where I am programming something using SFTP/FTP connection through Thunar, and if I stay too long without editing/modifying/...
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TFTP Timeout with no apparent cause
So basically I need to run a TFTP server in order to update and host firmware for a few devices in my network. From what I've read tftpd-hpa is the best option, but I have tried the older tftpd using ...
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Why Cannot I login to my FTP Server?
I am creating an FTP server using IIS to store some files.
Here's what I did:
I turned on the IIS feature and subfeatures in Control Panel -> Programs and Features.
From the IIS Manager, I created ...
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GCP VM unable to connect to ftp server
I created a vm on gcp in the south america region with public ip to connect to the ftp server 189.9.32.26. On the firewall I opened ingress and egress tcp port 20 and 21 for this vm, but I still can't ...
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Use curlftpfs in a secure way, without plaintext and world-readable password (e.g. in /etc/fstab)
How to use curlftpfs, in a secure way? I mean without having FTP password in plaintext and world-readable.
I ask this because curlftpfs works running a command like that:
curlftpfs HOST /mnt/path -o ...
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How to setup (Passive) FTP server in VMware Player Guest VM
I want to bring up an FTP server within my Linux Guest VM. I already have it setup and running within the VM but I run into issue with my VMWare Player (running on Windows 10).
I forwarded TCP 21 from ...
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Command Prompt FTP hanging on 'put' command
The user that is having this issue accidentally hit cancel on the Windows Firewall prompt to allow the connection when he first tried the command.
After trying to use the 'put' command, it hangs on ...
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FTP Server - 553 Could not create file
Hi iam trying to upload a file to an Linux FTP server using vsftpd
When uploading a file (eather through FileZilla or via batch script) i recieve the error 553
My vsftpd.conf looks as followed:
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Cannot connect to VSFTPD on port 21
I have installed vsftpd on my Linux Ubuntu 21.04 instance using the following:
sudo apt-get install vsftpd
I have enabled FTP in my ufw firewall using the following:
sudo ufw allow ftp
My /etc/...
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Can we open GUI based software's via SSH if not then why?
I use the client of remote Ubuntu 18.04 server via Putty and WinSCP. But still, I need to run software on my personal computer, which is an old computer and can not do the heavy lifting.
How can I run ...
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Can't see content (PDFs) in FTP when mounting via curlftpfs?
Can't see content (PDFs) in FTP when mounting via curlftpfs (onto a CentOS7 machine). Can anyone help debug what could be going on here? I am using the instructions here: https://linuxconfig.org/mount-...
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Why Fritzbox 7360 red LED is blinking after flashing FritzOS?
I bought a Fritzbox 7360 from ebay. But the whole router was configured for German ISPs and was in German, therefore I tried to flash an international version of FritzOS.
The steps I followed was the ...
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'Recurse into subdirectories' and 'Apply to files only' checkboxes missing for files in FileZilla
I cannot install any plugin on my website (states cannot create directory), which had crashed after upgrading to a new woocommerce 5.1.1 version. After having spent days and nights working on the ...
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Need help on possible causes of FTP client timeout
My company is hosting a FTP server through Windows IIS. We have a client program (Windows Form program written in C# programming language) which is installed on our client's server for downloading ...
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Backup Database Mysql (wordpress) via FTP
I can access to server only via FTP. I need to copy the data on server for to restore in another server. But this server is offline (not reachable to HTTP ,SSH , etc.) I can access in read-only via ...
