[sllug-members]: Anonymous VSFTPD

[Lamont R. Peterson]

On Thursday 27 July 2006 02:31pm, Brandon Toone wrote:
> Logging into my ftp server via IE is giving me trouble.
>
> I set up vsftpd to be an anonymous internal ftp server for work and
> everything seems to be working fine (I can read and write file like I
> expect, use "ftp://192.168.1.8" in Konqueror for access from my Linux box
> and even use CuteFTP for my windows clients) except that I can't connect to
> the server using IE.  I've tried playing around with some different URL
> formats and even tried telling explorer "File > Login as... > Anonymous
> User" but it still doesn't seem to work.
>
> I can even connect via a DOS prompt just fine.
>
> Am I still using the wrong URL or is there something about the way I set up
> my directives and the server's interaction with IE that is causing the
> problem?  Ideas?

I remember reading something a while back about IE FTP bugs.  I don't remember 
any details, but it wouldn't surprise me if they were never fixed.  It seems 
that my memory has a vague recollection of some of those bugs being 
particular to anonymous FTP.

Good luck.
-- 
Lamont R. Peterson <lamont at gurulabs.com>
Senior Instructor
Guru Labs, L.C. [ http://www.GuruLabs.com/ ]
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