There is a bug with the same message described upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326533
which seems to be due to the limitation of the number of connexions to the server. How many connexions are you authorized to open? -- Fails to open files over FTP https://launchpad.net/bugs/51610 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs