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how to make openssh ftp work on Windows

What is the correct way to set up sshwindows for SSH key authentication? Does the user need to be created in Windows first or can a login be inserted into passwd without a Windows equivalent? I've ...
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FTP doesn't allow /usr/sbin/nologin user

I want to setup a ftp for couple of ftp-only users with vsftpd. I configured the FTP to enable local user access. It works fine. But once I edit the users' shell to /usr/sbin/nologin, it couldn't log ...
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Can I configure VSFTPD to listen only to localhost?

I have a legacy app that needs FTP and cannot do SFTP. My solution is: put an FTP server in place using VSFTPD configure the firewall to accept port 21 connections only from localhost Set up an SSH ...
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Which port number to use for FTP on IIS 7

Following these instructions I managed to configure my FTP server for SSL on a windows server 2008 (IIS 7) while enabling Require SSL connections. However I'm not able to connect to the FTP server ...
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vsftpd ftp - restrict user to cd into directories and then do ftp

Consider the following scenario: Once the user logs in, he enters his home directory. say user xyz, logs in pwd /home/xyz cd ftp pwd /home/xyz/ftp ls ftp1 ftp2 ftp3 Now I wish to restrict the ...
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Turn on FTP access for specific folders on a server

On a particular server which I have root ssh access to, I have multiple folders that map to different domains. For example: example.com www foo.com www bar.com www What I've noticed is ...
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FTP Active Mode not working from Amazon server

I need some help on this issue. First question. I've searched many pages but found no solution for my problem. I guess my code needs to use Active mode when connecting an FTP server. I've tested ...
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How to determine if ftp/smtp is up and running using a script?

Similiar to how these uptime monitoring servieces perform checks if your smtp or ftp server is running, how could I do this myself using python/ruby?
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CentOS web files permissions for Apache and FTP

I have a CentOS VPS. The problem is my html files in /var/www/html seem to need to be owned by the apache user in order for some web applications to work (ie file uploads). If they are owned by the ...
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A server blocks my IP for an hour after I send too many files over FTP [closed]

I was publishing a website through vs2010 and later on a different IP with filezilla and both times after some 10-20 files are transferred suddenly the server doesnt accept my requests. It responds to ...
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IIS 7 FTP - NLST issue with slash vs backslash

I have set up an FTP site in IIS 7, in Windows 2008 R2. Everything works fine, except for one thing. We have an application already working with an old FTP server, which will be migrated to this new ...
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How can I find the hostname of a machine I can FTP into?

I'm able to FTP into a site at $job on an IP that I'm expecting to be a different machine. It appears to be a server that a previous sys admin setup without documenting anything about it. Since I'm ...
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Setup IIS 7 as FTP Server that is connectable outside of my local network [closed]

I was able to setup an FTP site that I was able to access via ftp://127.0.0.1/ or my local(static) ip. To do this I followed these instructions (with the exception that I did not bind to 127.0.0.1 as ...
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cannot connect to ftp server from lan?

i am trying to make my ftp server accessible (for download only) by other computers on my LAN using anonymous user and without password, when i connect to it from the same pc using filezilla it works ...
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What server information is possible to obtain only using FTP?

What server information is possible to obtain only using FTP and how would you obtain it? This is a shared hosting situation and I would like to at least get information about Apache.
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IIS 7.5 FTP Users cannot login without workgroup

I have setup a Windows Homeserver 2011 and enabled IIS7.5 FTP server. There was a default user created which can login to FTP. Now I created a new user for the FTP, but I can only login with ...
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FTP: How to get rid of “WARNING! 1 bare linefeeds received in ASCII mode” message?

I wrote a little shell script (on CentOS) to download statistics from our APC UPS device. It works great, but everyday cron sends an email with this message: WARNING! 1 bare linefeeds received in ...
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Allow Permissions for Multiple FTP Users to Edit Public HTML Folder - Linux

On a dedicated server hosting one website, running Linux with no control panel, I'm trying to grant permission for multiple users to edit the public HTML folder (/var/www/html/). I want to make sure ...
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Which ports need to be opened on Windows Server 2008 for FileZilla to work?

I've openened these ports 20 21 990 49152 - 50300 But it doesnt work. As soon as I turn off the Firewall it works. Which ports need more to be open for FileZilla ftp?
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How can I block HTTP while allowing FTP using htaccess under Apache?

I can easily block requests to a directory using a .htaccess file with "deny from all". However, I allow want to allow FTP access via clients and browsers alike. Is there a way I can restrict the ...
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Need to make all the timestamps on local files match their corresponding ftp hosted file's timestamp

I screwed up and downloaded ~10GB worth of files from my offsite backup location (ftp server) without checking the 'preserve timestamp' option in the client. The PC with the local files is a netbook ...
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IIS 7.5 FTP Service User UserGroups for Authorisation

i have a W2K8 R2 with the IIS FTP Service and a local windows user group (ftpusers). In addition to this i have several Windows Accounts, which all only belong to the ftpusers group. The FTP Server ...
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What are some secure alternatives to FTP?

This Hacker News story is all about the downsides of FTP. The only reason I might set up FTP is that it's easy. I know about and use scp already, but sometimes I want to share files with someone ...
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Easiest setup of FTP server with virtual users on Linux

I want an FTPd running on my server, with an easy way to setup users/directories. I don't need MySQL, anon access, local users etc. Preferably the users setup would be a plain file with something like ...
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How to determine path to user log in FTP (VSFTP)?

How do I determine the path the user logs in on FTP (VSFTP)? The user should only be able to access a specific path via FTP. For example: The user can access only the path ...
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Filezilla ftp upload [migrated]

I'm in a very very strange situtation. I use FileZilla for Windows 7, and when I upload a file to my server I receive: "File transfer successful, transferred 14,939 bytes in 1 second", but when I go ...
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Ubuntu vsftpd server error: 500 OOPS: could not read chroot() list file:/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list

I configured an FTP server for Ubuntu using vsftpd. However, I can't access the server. Status: Connecting to IP Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message... Response: 220 (vsFTPd ...
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Allow SFTP but disallow SSH?

I'm starting a very little hosting company for a few friends and little clients, nothing big. I want to give my "clients" the right to manage their files on the server. I hate FTP as it is not secure ...
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How do I change a user's base dir in OS X

I'm configuring a OS X Lion based ftp/sftp server, and I want the user for file transfers to land in a specific directory upon login. I'm not sure if it's a good idea to meddle with the home directory ...
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How do I enable FTP on my windows server? [closed]

I'm far from an expert so forgive me if this is a silly question. I have a windows server running and have FileZilla server running. What do I need to do to allow external connections to be made? I ...
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prevent access to files uploaded through ftp from a browser

Not sure if this is possible at all: I have an FTP server, which clients use to drop off documents. Each client has their own sub-account and can only access his own folders. Question: Is there a ...
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How can I control active/passive FTP modes in Windows Explorer? [closed]

I don't use FTP that often, but when I do I'm content most of the time with using Windows Explorer's (not Internet Explorer's) utility to act as an FTP client. Is there a way I can control if the the ...
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FTP Transfer Very Slow When Windows Firewall Enabled

We have a scheduled task that transfers a large file (~130 MB) between two Windows servers using the Windows command-line FTP program. It's painfully slow (taking about 30 minutes) and occasionally ...
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Network speed to upload to ftp and between servers very slow?

I just got a new dedicated Windows Server 2008 R2 from godaddy. And I have an issue uploading files on the server through FTP and transfer between servers. The speed very slow 220kb/s. I tried to ...
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vsftp “Access is denied” when writing as an authenticated user

I have set up vsftpd for private FTP. Only authenticated users in the ftp group can login. Also, every user is chrooted to its home directory (/home/username) chroot_local_user=YES I can log in, ...
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Setting up FileZilla to only listen for a certain domain

Somebody had been trying to brute force my FTP server with a username the doesn't even exist, but it got me thinking I should upgrade my security. It would be impractical to filter by IP as the places ...
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How is it possible to test a public facing FTP server from within that network?

I've setup a public facing FTP server on a FIOS based connection, and would like to be able to test it. I can't find a good way to test it while being on the same network. Is it possible?
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SSL FTP fails on Windows 7 but not Windows XP clients

We currently use a free SSL-FTP client called Move-It-Freely to transmit data from a custom data entry program at over forty facilities scattered around the state to our central server. Under XP, it ...
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I can ssh and sftp to my server, but ncftp doesn't work

In addition to what's stated in the title, I'm also able to ncftp successfully into a different server. But on server A, I get this Could not connect to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -- try again later: ...
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Upload limit on Proftpd?

Is there a way to limit the number of files uploaded per day per user using proftpd? Is there a way to limit the total size of files uploaded in a day per user?
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VSFTPD Unable to set write permissions on folder

I've just set up my first FTP server with VSFTPD on cent os . I can connect to it fine using a user in the group ftp-users but I get read only access . I've tried several different CHMOD codes on the ...
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“You must give (non-root) uid and gid” When trying to add user in pureftd under centos

We're trying to add a virtual user to our pureftp server under centos 6 However, it seems like we ought to open a system account (uid) in order to have an ftp account Is there a way to have a ...
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Resources for setting up clustered FTP servers on CentOS?

Does anyone have any resources that can lead me to a how-to or at least more information on setting up clustered FTP servers on CentOS? I'm very new to servers in general (all I've done is set up a ...
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Why can I still navigate out of my home directory when using vsftpd with winscp?

System: Linux Ubuntu 10.04 I have set up a vsftpd server and everythings seems to work fine if you log in over a browser, but if I log in using winscp then I can navigate out of my own home directory ...
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IIS FTP Upload, file rights

We needed a way to allow administrators to upload support files to user directories using FTP with IIS. We have folder redirection and roaming profiles in place and we have created an active directory ...
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FTP Linux Proftpd Entering Passive Mode and then times out failed to recieve directory listings

I was making a c# ftp winform interface when ran into problem of connecting with server. it gives error Entering passive mode(xx.xx/// and request times out, i am using debian linux, ftp server is ...
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how to make curl uploads faster with firewall

We recently moved a new server and are facing the slow upload issues . We suspect this because of firewall . how do I make sure applications like ftp,curl become faster with firewall. Any inputs ...
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File uploads taking more time

We recently moved to a new server. We have observed that the file upload done from the ftp command is taking around 5sec for 5MB file. But same file uploaded through CURL command is taking about 140 ...
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Trouble setting up FTP Server under WIn 7 Pro [closed]

I've added an FTP Site under IIS 7.5 but cannot access it if I enter ftp://[IP Address] in browser address bar. Yet I can successfully ping the IP and can gain access if I enter ftp:// localhost. ...
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Ubuntu - execute batch script after finishing ftp copy

I have a process that starts with an end user copying picture files to a Ubuntu folder over ftp using filezilla software. On the other hand I have a batch file that gets executed using CRON it is ...

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