Topic: ibay ftp access via web browser?

[Jerry Karn]

Hello all,

My SME v5 server works great (web/email) except for the following problem.

I made an ibay, and granted ftp access and read access to everyone.  I want to get into it with a web browser via:   ftp://ibayname@myhost.com

I expect to get a login prompt, then a file listing, but I don't.

When I do this my browser gets the little "waving flashlight" icon for about 30 seconds and then the following error dialog:

An error occured reading the contents of the folder.  Make sure the file name is valid and you have permission to access the location specified.   Details:  The operation timed out.

Any Ideas?  I'm stumped.

-Jerry

[Hugo]

Hi, Im doing the same as you, but I am not having that problem
did you give it public access to the i-bay? or you settings are "none"?

Hugo.

[Jerry Karn]

I got it working, thanks.  I hadn't enabled ftp access on the server. I assumed that enabling the ibay would turn on ftp access.  One odd thing I'm noticing, though, is that the login security is strange.

If I create an Ibay, say, "test", and give it a password of 1234, I can ONLY log in as user test/1234.

Here's why this is odd:
1- there isn't any "user" named test
2- I set up a group and assigned it to the ibay, but the group's users are ignored.  
    the ibayname/ibaypassword are still all that are accepted in the popup dialog.

It's still a good interface though.  In general I like it.

-Jerry

[Ray Mitchell]

That is the correct bahaviour of sme, the ibayname is the logon name for ftp.

You can also ftp to users home folders with username/userpassword, and you can upload as well as download eg ftp://username@ftp.myhost.com.

Regards
Ray Mitchell