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HickBoy
05-03-2003, 10:57 AM
Sorry about that :D

The web server had a misconfiguration that disallowed FTP Access.

I thought everyone was on crack since my file transfers worked fine. Well I realized that I don't use FTP (I use SSH which is a secure form of FTP).

Once I tried standard FTP I was also unable to connect.

I've fixed the issue and you should be able to connect now.

BTW, may I suggest you look into a secure FTP program to allow SSHFTP connections so your passwords don't go out over the internet in clear text.

Two Windows programs that I know of are:

"SecureFX"
http://www.vandyke.com/products/securefx/index.html

CuteFTP Pro
http://www.cuteftppro.com/cuteftppro/

In Linux you can use about 20 different FTP over SSH clients (all free)

If I ever get around to it, I will setup FTP over SSL which is included in the free and excellent program SmartFTP
http://www.smartftp.com

If anyone out there has experience setting up ProFTPD with SSL certificates I would appreciate your input.

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