Re: Basic user ftp question
Re: Basic user ftp question
- Subject: Re: Basic user ftp question
- From: Mark Thomas <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 00:23:58 +0000
- Organization: Coderus Ltd
Ah, that's it. I was using Jaguar at the time, so it was a bug :-), but no
longer.
Mark.
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I forgot to ask. Is this Jaguar or Panther?
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Jaguar would dump you at the top. Panther should drop you at ftp's
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root.
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jeremy
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On Dec 23, 2003, at 3:02 PM, Mark Thomas wrote:
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> That's what I thought, but this isn't happening. I seem to arriving at
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> root
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> level or somewhere (it's not my server so don't know exactly where in
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> the
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> file system I arrived, but looks like root level)
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> One thing, just though of the username is "email@hidden" would
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> that
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> have an effect ???.
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> Thanks
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> Mark.
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>> ftpfs leaves you where the command-line does. By default, it will try
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>> anonymous, so it will drop you where anonymous would. If you normally
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>> use a username/password, supply your username in the url, and it will
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>> prompt for the password (e.g. ftp://email@hidden). This will
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>> dump you at the directory for that user as set by the ftp server. If
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>> you expect to mount at a specified location, you can mount at a
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>> particular directory with a full url (e.g.
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>> ftp://ftp.apple.com/developer/MacOSX/).
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>> jeremy
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>> On Dec 23, 2003, at 8:51 AM, Mark Thomas wrote:
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>>> thought I use the "Connect to Server", for a ftp request as I saw it
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>>> mentioned somewhere, so did "ftp://ftp.vpltd.com"; and all worked.
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>>> Great you
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>>> would have thought but it confused me totally.
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>>>
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>>> Why - As I end up somewhere completely different were I suppose to be
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>>> (i.e.
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>>> The window opened with the ftp connection), as if I used the command
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>>> line
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>>> ftp command (via Terminal.app), I connect correctly and in the area
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>>> where I
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>>> am suppose to be,
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>>>
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>>> Why are the 2 paths give different results.
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>>>
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>>> Anybody know what's happening.
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