Problem with FTP

[Street]

Well I've finally got our new server up and running in work but have hit a small problem when FTPing into it. Not sure if this is the right place to put this thread, but as the server is running on CentOS, I thought I'd put it here!

I can connect to it fine and create and upload files OK. However, if I try to queue up a lot of files to it, in different sub-directories, if the sub-directory isn't already created, my FTP program won't create the directory and tells me permission denied!

I can create the folders manually and then upload but it is a bit of a pain to do this when I need to reupload about 40 websites to it!

 

[Street]

No ideas?

 

[whitecrook]

Try another ftp client.

Check the permissions on the files and directories are correct.
Check who the ftp account is running as.
check who you are logging into the ftp as.
Some FTP servers will have find grained control in the configs as to what a logged in user can and can't do, i.e. CD, MKDIR, LS etc..

 

[Street]

I tried another couple clients, CoreFTP did the same as FlashFXP but SmartFTP worked!

I also realised I can't delete folders with Flash and Core but could with Smart.. I can move the folders fine, but when I try and remove them it says..

[R] 550 Can't remove directory: No such file or directory

 

[tntcoder]

I strongly recommend FileZilla as a decent FTP client.

 

[TrX]

For windows I found that smartFTP always won hands down in terms of reliability / supporting server features.

 

[dave-lew99]

Smells like a directory creation permission issue to me - your ftp user is creating directories with the wrong permission set meaning you can't write into it thereafter.

Check the config to make sure no forced permissions are on (i had a similar problem with samba)

 

[TrX]

Smells like a directory creation permission issue to me - your ftp user is creating directories with the wrong permission set meaning you can't write into it thereafter.

Check the config to make sure no forced permissions are on (i had a similar problem with samba)

some FTP clients also just don't pick up the server capabilities correctly, or try sending specialist commands to a server that dosnt support them (proftpd commands to a serv-u server for example)
Had this problem a few times back in the day, makes sense as to why something dosnt work in one client but works for him in smartftp.

Btw.. good evening!

//TrX

 

[Hamish]

Who uses FTP these days? Surely SFTP is better in every way and easier to set up?

 

[TrX]

Who uses FTP these days? Surely SFTP is better in every way and easier to set up?

Depends if you control the server at the other end. Also, for slower servers Sftp puts a huge load on the system, limiting the transfer to a tiny fraction of what can be achieved over FTP.

Depends how sensitive your data is i guess, few gigs of opensource ISO's, I'd choose FTP anyday

//TrX

 

[Street]

I'll give FileZilla a go tomorrow and see if that works.. Just a pain because I'm so used to using FlashFXP, have used it for years!