Cannot use ftp

[ryy705]

Hello,

 

I hope that this is the right forum for this.  There are some ftp servers out there that I cannot connect to without using dream weaver.  However,  I want to move to linux. 

 

I have tried to use Filezilla and Fireftp to connect and both have failed.  They both establish a connection but fail to get directory listing and the connection times out after several attempts.

Has anyone encountered a similar problem before?  I am posting the info displayed by Filezilla while trying to make a connection. I hope it helps.(I have replaced the IP and username.)

 

I will be extremely grateful if someone could help me out with this.  I'm am stumped.

Status:    Resolving IP-Address for www.site.com
Status:    Connecting to xx.xx.xxx.xxx:21...
Status:    Connection established, waiting for welcome message...
Response:    220---------- Welcome to Pure-FTPd [TLS] ----------
Response:    220-You are user number 2 of 50 allowed.
Response:    220-Local time is now 16:30. Server port: 21.
Response:    220-This is a private system - No anonymous login
Response:    220-IPv6 connections are also welcome on this server.
Response:    220 You will be disconnected after 15 minutes of inactivity.
Command:    USER username
Response:    331 User username OK. Password required
Command:    PASS **********
Response:    230-User username has group access to:  1400   
Response:    230-OK. Current restricted directory is /
Response:    230 52923 Kbytes used (46%) - authorized: 112640 Kb
Command:    SYST
Response:    215 UNIX Type: L8
Command:    FEAT
Response:    211-Extensions supported:
Response:     EPRT
Response:     IDLE
Response:     MDTM
Response:     SIZE
Response:     REST STREAM
Response:     MLST type*;size*;sizd*;modify*;UNIX.mode*;UNIX.uid*;UNIX.gid*;unique*;
Response:     MLSD
Response:     ESTP
Response:     PASV
Response:     EPSV
Response:     SPSV
Response:     ESTA
Response:     AUTH TLS
Response:     PBSZ
Response:     PROT
Response:    211 End.
Status:    Connected
Status:    Retrieving directory listing...
Command:    PWD
Response:    257 "/" is your current location
Command:    TYPE I
Response:    200 TYPE is now 8-bit binary
Command:    PASV
Response:    227 Entering Passive Mode (81,31,121,138,23,224)
Command:    LIST
Error:    Connection timed out
Error:    Failed to retrieve directory listing

   

[crtreedude]

For Linux, I use the SFTP protocol with Filezilla and it works very well. I am sure I could setup FTP, but it wasn't setup on my Linux box, and so I didn't bother.

 

Hope that helps.

 

Often if you are using FTP you need to set passive mode if it isn't working at first.

[steviewdr]

Ya, thats more than likely the problem - passive mode.

 

In filezilla -> Edit drop-down menu -> Settings.

Underneath Connection -> FTP - Transfer Mode - Passive (tick this).

 

-steve

[ryy705]

Thank you for your reply. Passive mode is selected by default.  As you can see in my previous post the connection is established then Filezilla enters passive mode using the PASV command but fails when it executes the LIST command.  I have been at it for weeks now.  I appreciate any help you can give me.

Command:    PASV
Response:    227 Entering Passive Mode (81,31,121,138,23,224)
Command:    LIST
Error:    Connection timed out
Error:    Failed to retrieve directory listing    

[steviewdr]

Try disabling passive mode?

 

It could be that your pc/client needs passive while the server might not allow passive mode.

 

Try this:

http://winscp.net/download/winscp418.exe

http://winscp.net/eng/download.php

It has support for ftp and does not need to be installed even

 

-steve

[ryy705]

It worked!!  But why?  Shame it doesn't display the commands as they execute.

[ryy705]

Can you recommend a similar program for linux?  I couldn't find anything that works.

[steviewdr]

There is gftp which is a graphical ftp client for linux.

 

-steve