On Saturday 13 September 2003 10:01 pm, Juri Haberland wrote: > Peter Christensen schrieb: > > But recently I wanted to FTP a photo to the "personal web space" that my > > ISP provides. I've been unable to do this, and have not found any > > information on what is going wrong. I wonder if some servers are set up > > so that only Windows applications can access them??? Just today I went > > back on a windows machine and used a product called "Leech" to do the > > FTP. It worked fine. > > > > In Debian (under KDE) I tried Kbear to FTP to it, entering the hostname, > > username, and password. A window pops up with the message "reading > > directory," the little gear in the upper right corner rotates, but > > nothing beyond that happens. > > > > I tried using Konqueror, typing ftp://[EMAIL PROTECTED] A box pops > > up asking for the password, and after typing it in, I get the endlessly > > rotating gear in the upper right corner, and at the bottom it says "0 > > items - 0 files - 0 directories." > > > > Does that Winsock reference mean that only software running under Windows > > can get through??? I've used Kbear and Konqueror successfully to ftp to > > other sites... > > Perhaps you have to use the so-called passive FTP mode? > Try to use the good old command line ftp client: > > 'ftp users.snip.net' > > If a 'dir' or 'ls' after successful login takes forever, reconnect to > the server and type 'passive' right after successful login.
I've used gFTP with Red Hat, Mandrake and Debian. Never had a problem with moving documents or photo's Bill. William Bradley Come visit us at: http://www.catholicmissionleaflets.org Free Rosaries available at the above. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
