jos Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 I've been trying to use the built-in FTP client in Mac OSX to access my site — what I've been doing is: 1. In Finder, under 'Go' > Connect to server 2. Server address: *ftp://ftp.mydomain.net.au 3. >Connect Some communication seems to take place between my computer and the remote server and strangely, I'm not asked for my id and password. 'jos.net.au' is then mounted on my desktop but only contains two folders: 'pub' and 'mail'. The 'mail' folder contains a file called 'inbox' which seems normal but the 'pub' folder is completely empty, even though the files are obviously still there because the website still works. Anyone knows what's going on? ps: I could just use a third-party ftp client but where's the fun in that? [edit: server address] Quote
DarqFlare Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 I have absolutely no clue since it's a Mac... Maybe someone else may be able to help. Quote
Wilexa Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 It looks like it's connecting anonymously to your public_ftp folder. You may need to change things around, so that instead of ftp.domain.com you use ftp://username:password@ftp.domain.com Give it a try. If you are uncomfortable putting your password in the URL, you can just use ftp://username@ftp.domain.com and the system should prompt you. I will try in on my Mac when I get home tonight. HTH, dave Rock Sign Quote
andypeat Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 I've just done this using ftp://domainname.co.uk nothing else, and then it asked for username etc. Although I had no privilages once I got in, so if you work it our I would like to know too. Thanks. Andy Quote
Wilexa Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 (edited) jos and andypeat... I just tried it on my 10.2 mac at home. *ftp://ftp.**** lets me in immediately to the "unseen" ftp_public folder. Can't see the real website stuff *ftp://**** doesn't let me in at all, and *ftp://username@ftp.**** prompts me for a password and then lets me into my home directory where I can see the public_html folder and everything else. So... I would suggest using the last form. Update: After about 5 connections in a row it would not log me in anymore. More investigating... ...dave Edited March 17, 2004 by Wilexa Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted March 17, 2004 Posted March 17, 2004 You might try turning off Anonymous login if it's turned on in cPanel. Go into Anonymous setup and make sure the check boxes are unchecked and see if that helps. Quote
jos Posted March 18, 2004 Author Posted March 18, 2004 Wilexa, thanks heaps for that — username@ftp.mydomain.net.au worked for me in the end. However, now that I'm 'in', I can't seem to make any changes i.e. even though I logged in with username and password, I only have read-only priveleges, with no way to change those priveleges using 'Get info.' Unless someone knows of a way to get around that, I'm just going to revert to using a third-party client for now. Perhaps one day when I acquire fingers of speed and a better knowledge of OSX terminal, I'll be able to do it all the old fashioned way (read: probably never ). Cheers! —Jos Quote
Wilexa Posted March 18, 2004 Posted March 18, 2004 Yeah, the terminal always works! I use Transmit for all my FTP, although I did have to pony up the $25, it works like a charm. Good luck, dave Quote
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