Re: FTP odity

Bob,

I think passive or active mode only appears to control which ports are
used for different FTP traffic - command and data, and who initiates
the traffic - an explanation (one I didn't take the time to fully
understand) can be found here:

http://slacksite.com/other/ftp.html

I don't believe this is the problem - from what I understand, it's
just a server configuration that simplifies the connection from a
firewall standpoint.

Try entering the command 'passive' first and see if it makes any
difference with the other commands.

Personally, I would lean towards the idea that whomever administers
the server has given you a logon id, but has restricted it to a single
empty directory.

But I could be wrong.  I've been know to be wrong in the past.

Rick

On 11/4/05, Bob Anderson <banderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Scott,
>        It is the second.  I can logon fine to both systems but the second
> server seems to be going into passive mode and I get those responses to
> every commend such as LS, DIR etc.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces+banderson=kentwatersports.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces+banderson=kentwatersports.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Scott Klement
> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 5:08 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: FTP odity
>
>
> > the other server doesn't say welcome and The following
> >
> > 227 Entering Passive Mode (199,5,83,202,11,246).
> > 125 Data connection already open; Transfer starting.
> > 226 Transfer complete.
>
> I have no idea what you mean by this.
>
> Do I interpret this as meaning "The other server doesn't ask for a
> userid/password, it just shows me a file transfer immediately"
>
> Or, do I interpret this as "I've already signed in,and I've executed the DIR
> command, and this is all it says"
>
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