FTP Setup

[Pinstripe]

Hi!. Can someone help me properly setup an FTP server. The help file is old & doesn't contain info regarding the FTP client software. Thanks!

[Pinstripe]

I entered my Router settings & opened "TCP" port 21, for the FTP server computer.

Created a new FTP connection, via FreeCommander.

Entered a Folder name.

Under: "Server\Host address", entered my actual IP address.

As the "Local Path", set the folder path I wanted to share.

Under: "Login", I unchecked "use anonymous login" then entered a "User name" & "Password".


Under the "Transfer" options: "TLS/SSL", set "Mode" to "Automatic". Then checked "TLS" (for encryption).

When I open Firefox & enter ftp://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, I can visit the FTP. But, it doesn't ask me for a user name & password, plus, no files are available.


In FreeCommander\FTP, when I try to connect to the Folder, this is the message I get.
==== Connect: 21/10/2008 6:24:43 AM ====
10061 No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

What am I doing wrong?.

[matera]

You are trying to set up an FTP server, not connect to one, that is the problem. FC can connect to an external server, but it is a client, not a server. It can up/down-load, but not serve. There is no way to automatically share files from it. You would have to set up FTP server software such as Filezilla (it comes in both client and server flavors, lol).

[Pinstripe]

OK, that explains it then, thanks!.

I was trying to use an alternative for file sharing. Other than the, Microsoft client + File & Printer Sharing way.

With FileZilla I still wouldn't be able to do this, would I?. It can only connect externally, since every computer uses the same external address (like you would see on www.portforward.com ). It wouldn't be able to connect to a Router given (masked ip) address for Networking (192.168.1.XXX). Correct?.

[LTS]

When I connect to my ftp server, I got this message in french:
11004 Le nom demandé est valide et a été trouvé dans la base de données, mais il ne dispose pas des données associées recherchées.

Can anyone help me please.
I use the same ftp account on Total commander which runs well.

[matera]

Aaaahhhhmmm. I'm having an interesting evening trying to. I can't recall ever having that particular error message myself, but it is very common. Specific solutions are not.
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11004 Le nom demandé est valide et a été trouvé dans la base de données, mais il ne dispose pas des données associées recherchées.

Translation:
The requested name is valid and was found in the data base, but it does not have the requested associated data.

http://www.firebirdfaq.org/faq119/ (and a zillion other sources) :
WSANO_DATA
(11004)
Valid name, no data record of requested type.
The requested name is valid and was found in the database, but it does not have the correct associated data being resolved for. The usual example for this is a host name-to-address translation attempt (using gethostbyname or WSAAsyncGetHostByName) which uses the DNS (Domain Name Server). An MX record is returned but no A record—indicating the host itself exists, but is not directly reachable.
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I suggest 1. making sure that the hostname and username are being entered with absolute perfection 2. trying some variations anyway 3. trying it with and without a remote path 4. search engines! and more search engines! Somebody somewhere has already posted the very clue you need. Just put the English translation in quotes and feed it to the crawlers.

Meanwhile, I thank you for an interesting way to pass some time. I have found a potentially useful free/cheap webhost, and a lot of excellent reference material on my way around

[JimH44]

<snip> FC can connect to an external server, <snip> It can up/down-load, but not serve.

Marek, thanks for this great program.

I have been able to set up a link to our FTP server, and worked out how to download files from it by right-clicking, but I haven't been able to work out how to upload files to it.

Can't drag, Ctrl-C then Ctrl-V does nothing, nor does Edit->Copy then Edit->Paste.

When I do Edit->Paste in the FTP window pane, the log section shows nothing.

I have tried adding
Command4FileExists=SIZE
to the file freecommander.ftp as suggested in the update notes, but that made no difference.

What have I missed?

Jim

[Karol]

F5 Copy?

[JimH44]

Thanks, Karol.

Yes, that worked nicely, with a popup where I could say how I wanted to do the transfer. Very clever.

I'll put in a feature request that this be documented, and perhaps that Ctrl-V in a window pane pointing to an FTP site bring up the same dialog, or at least a message to F5 the source file(s).

Jim

[fland]

Aaaahhhhmmm. I'm having an interesting evening trying to. I can't recall ever having that particular error message myself, but it is very common. Specific solutions are not.
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11004 Le nom demandé est valide et a été trouvé dans la base de données, mais il ne dispose pas des données associées recherchées.

Translation:
The requested name is valid and was found in the data base, but it does not have the requested associated data.
(11004)
Valid name, no data record of requested type.
The requested name is valid and was found in the database, but it does not have the correct associated data being resolved for. The usual example for this is a host name-to-address translation attempt (using gethostbyname or WSAAsyncGetHostByName) which uses the DNS (Domain Name Server). An MX record is returned but no A record—indicating the host itself exists, but is not directly reachable.
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I suggest 1. making sure that the hostname and username are being entered with absolute perfection 2. trying some variations anyway 3. trying it with and without a remote path 4. search engines! and more search engines! Somebody somewhere has already posted the very clue you need. Just put the English translation in quotes and feed it to the crawlers.

I have the same problem. Identical connection address, anonym name and password works just perfect in total Commander, firefox etc. But in free commander I always get 11004 message about wrong data type. Also my firewall registering no connection events. Also I'd tried to stop my firewall and connect to ftp, but got the same result. Any suggestions?

[Japo]

Hello,

Can anyone help me with using the "initial commands" field, specially if it's possible to put more than one command there? I haven't found any documentation about FTP in the help file. I guess it will be updated in time. Thanks in advance.

Otherwise I just discovered this program and it replaced both Filezilla and xplorer², filtering is so useful in FTP listings. This is great, thanks a lot.

[Marek]

You can separate commands with ";".

[Japo]

Thanks a lot. I had tried with commas.

Now I'm having trouble with a server that uses FTPES. I have managed to set it up and I can list and download, but there seems to be a problem with uploading (and I do have permission, I have uploaded with other clients lots of times), I'm using the "copy" button on the splitter, that works for downloading. Right now I haven't been able to try uploading to any other server either, because this secure one is the only one I have permission in. I once received a "long file names unsupported" error, but most of the times the log says "transfer OK" but the file isn't really uploaded. And I tried with a short named file, with the same lack of success.

I'll explore all the settings, but in case this sounds familiar to anyone who can nail it with just this info.

[Japo]

I found the solution for the uploading problem:

b372

Bug: FTP upload not possible for some server; try to define the line "Command4FileExists=SIZE" in the server section of freecommander.ftp

Works for me.

viewtopic.php?p=3231#3231

http://www.freecommander.com/fc_logchanges_en.htm

It's been more than a year.

[depaolisf]

F5 Copy?

Marek,
congrats for nice commander!

I asking about the possibility to use the "dragging" of files from local panel to remote panel (server). It's possible?

Many Thanks, Francesco - Italy