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Title: Can not Access ftp with any third party clients
Post by: acampione on March 31, 2005, 01:50:44 AM

Hello,
Would anyone have information on why I can't access an I-bay with ftp client program?

I can access with a web browser IE or Firefox, but not with ftp clients. I have tried every possible combonation of url "ftp://ibayname@ftp.domainname.com"
"ftp://ibayname:password@ftp.domainname.com" "ftp://ibayname@domainname.com

Thank You! Al Campione

Title: ftp access
Post by: gbaird on March 31, 2005, 04:00:53 AM

ftp://ibayname@ftp.domainname.com
is incorrect it should be used for login the way it you have typed it

ftp://username@domain.com is to connect to that users directory

the ftp server only answers to the following directory

/home/e-smith/files/ibays/Primary/files --- note th capital P in primary

to access other ibays you must have ftp access turned on in server-manager and be ADMIN or as a user you can only access the user directory

hope this clears it up

Title: Re: ftp access
Post by: CharlieBrady on March 31, 2005, 04:53:14 AM

Quote from: "gbaird"

to access other ibays you must have ftp access turned on in server-manager and be ADMIN or as a user you can only access the user directory

Not so. A user can access any i-bay which he/she normally has access to. Just need to do:

cd ../../ibays/name/files

after logging in with username/password.

Title: Symlinks for extra fun
Post by: MSmith on March 31, 2005, 06:19:15 AM

If you want to allow your shell-enabled users, or someone using WinSCP or FileZilla, to get to an ibay without typing the full /home/e-smith/files/ibays/FOOBAY/files bit, you can establish a symbolic link.

To make the ibay FOOBAY available as /FOOBAY:

ln -s /home/e-smith/files/ibays/FOOBAY/files /FOOBAY

/FOOBAY can then be used wherever you or the user would otherwise need to type the entire path.

Title: Re: ftp access
Post by: gbaird on March 31, 2005, 04:34:45 PM

Quote from: "CharlieBrady"

Quote from: "gbaird"

to access other ibays you must have ftp access turned on in server-manager and be ADMIN or as a user you can only access the user directory

Not so. A user can access any i-bay which he/she normally has access to. Just need to do:

cd ../../ibays/name/files

after logging in with username/password.

Yes Charlie but ftp access must be set and the user must have rights to access it - download no problem - upload user needs proper directory rights or permissions for all