IMac as Ftp Server

Does anyone has configured the iMac as a ftp server with Mac OS X 10.5.5?

I guess those programs are intented for outgoing connections, not incoming connections?
Well, anyways, I managed to solve the problem. Just summing up in case others meet the same problem:
- Went to Apple Store and bought/installed "OS X Server".
- Followed the install wizard for the OS X Server.
- Under "FTP" in OS X Server, turned "On".
- Under sys prefs/sharing; make sure "Sharing" is activated (which already had been done in my case).
- Add folder, e.g. "Movies", and enable "read/write" for "everybody" (already done in my case).
- Back to the OS X Server; changed share to "Movies".
(you can change share options in OS X Server as well, the same way as under sys prefs.).
- Now over to the Canon camcorder;
     - Use the IP address for the Mac as the FTP server. Port 21.
     - Set up username/password as for the Mac admin account (not sure if required though).
     - Target folder just set to "/" (files transferred directly to "Movies").
With this setup, both AVCHD/MP4 movies were transferred easily to my mac.

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Has anyone else experienced this and know of a work-around? I have mac 10.3.9 machines not connected to the internet and running Virex 7.7. I have them setup to access signature files I download to a local ftp server on our subnet. This works fine.
We've installed a couple of Tiger (10.4.4) machines and this setup for Virex does not work. It acts like it can't see the ftp server. When I use Terminal I can ftp to the ftp server and transfer files that way. Why doesn't Virex 7.7 successfully download signature files from the ftp server?
Any suggestions?

I have been having the same problem. Our McAfee rep sent me a patch that apparently fixes the problem. Since McAfee issues DATs on Wednesdays, I ran the the e-update yesterday morning. It all seemed to run too quickly, but I checked the dates of the vscan files and they were correct. The files are:
names.dat
clean.dat
scan.dat
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ftp://custftp2.nai.com/outgoing/tier3/VRX/HF255495.sit
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IMac, slower FTP uploads than XP machine on same network

I had previously been working on a Dell desktop, and a major part of my job is uploading 3-5GB files via FTP to another server. I used Filezilla for the most part.
I recently bought an iMac, and installed the same program, Filezilla, the OSX version, and proceeded to upload one of these files. I noticed that after a little bit, it was getting 35-43 kbps.
My XP computer is still plugged in to the same router, so I tried uploading the same file to the same FTP server, via the same program, and got 75-90 kbps uploading time. Obviously, that's twice as fast, and therefore an upload that would take 24 hours on my old machine, takes 2 days on my new machine. Same ISP, same router, etc. I did a speed test on both machines, and 768 kbps upload responses on both.
Is there anything I can do about this? I have roadrunner cable broadband in New York City, if that helps. I couldn't find DNS information for it, to plug into my ethernet settings, but I did change them from automatic to manual, according to some posts I saw regarding this specific problem, which others have experienced. I'm not all that savvy about router settings, which, as I said, worked much better with XP.
Any ideas? Thank you.

You might try another FTP program, such as Fetch, to see if the Mozilla program is slow on Mac OS X for some reason.
http://fetchsoftworks.com/
(15-day trial)
or another one
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/internet_utilities/classicftpformac.html

Difficulty using the MacBook as an (S)FTP server...

I'm trying to use my MacBook as an FTP server to get some files I need from my brother. He is using an iMac but we're having a lot of trouble connecting.
We have read several tutorials but we simply can't seem to get it working, and I know it's not that difficult.
My personal file sharing and FTP Acess are both turned on and so are his. After I receive the IP for the server when I check it on, is that it? He has tried using the connet to server option on finder as well as third party FTP clients. What does he type in before the ip address in the box? ftp:\\ or sftp:\\ or does he leave it blank or what?
Also, how does username and password work? I don't know where to set that, much less what he should use to login to the server. Every time we've tried it simply gives us a "failed to connect" message.
I haven't had this MacBook for very long - I LOVE it but I've never used this part of it so any help would really be appreciated.

Hi Fendrix
Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
First, are you and your brother in the same location (ie, on the same network), or in different locations? That will affect whether you can use your local IP addresses to connect, or whether you need to use public IP addresses. In addition, if either of you is behind a router, you would need to forward the Apple File Sharing port (548) from the router to the Mac you're trying to share.
You shouldn't need both File Sharing and FTP activated - they're different protocols. If you're both using Macs, File Sharing (AFP) should be enough.
If you were on the same network, you would have IP addresses such as 192.168.1.2, 192.168.1.3. In that case, one of you would go to the Finder, click cmd-K to open the "Connect to Server" window, and just type in that address. You'd then get a login prompt, where you need to enter login details for an account on the Mac you're connecting to (ie, if you're connecting to him, you use his account login, not yours).
If you're on different networks, you need his public IP address, which you can get from a service such as http://whatsmyip.org/ . If he's behind a router, configure it to forward port 548 to his computer. You then use the same cmd-K to connect to his server, but using the public IP address. The router will then forward the connection request to his Mac, and you'll get the login box as before.
Hope that helps
Matt

IWeb can't communicate with FTP Server.

I am trying to update my IWeb and I get a Publish Error that says "There wa an error communicating with the FTP server.   Try again later, or check with your service provider.
I've tried again and I've checked my service provider who says everything is working on their end.
I have an IMac with Maverick.

Update:   the issue is not a connection with FTP server.......it has to be something in IWeb.
I have a website that I add photos to.    I Have always added them from Aperture on the right hand side of IWeb.   Now, when I add the photo to my page, it moves the other photos around as it has always done.    I try publishing and I get the error message.    When go go to the actual website I can see a blank space where the photo should have been published.
So it's sort of updating - but instead of the picture it shows a blank.

FTP Server: PASV / Illegal PORT Command Issues

Hi,
I'm hoping someone can shed some light on this.
We have an iMac running 10.6.6 server with the FTP service running. Everything has worked fine for the last 6 months, including an office move (new IPs, etc) but suddenly in this last week, a lot of users (internal and external) are getting an "Illegal PORT Command" error when connecting.
The iMac is behind an Airport firewall with ports 20 and 21 forwarded to the server.
From what I've read the issue is a NAT related but I can figure out how to fix. The weird thing is that none of us here can think of any changes we've made on the server or Airport in the last week.
I've tried a mismatch of rules in the ftpaccess config file in /Library/FTPServer/Configuration/:
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pasv-allow all 10.0.1.1/24
passive ports 10.0.1.1/24 54350 65535
with no success.
Debug from transmit when connecting:
Transmit 4.1.5 (x86_64) Session Transcript [Version 10.6.6 (Build 10J567)] (11-02-24 2:10 PM)
LibNcFTP 3.2.3 (July 23, 2009) compiled for UNIX
220: server.private FTP server ready.
Connected to domain_name
Cmd: USER username
331: Password required for username.
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230: User username logged in.
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200: Type set to A.
Logged in to domain_name as username.
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Cmd: FEAT
211: Supported features:
REST STREAM
ADAT
AUTH
CCC
CONF
ENC
MIC
PBSZ
PROT
MDTM
UTF8
SIZE
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200: UTF-8 encoding enabled
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257: "/" is current directory.
Cmd: PASV
425: Can't open passive connection: Can't assign requested address.
Passive mode refused.
Connection falling back to port (PORT) mode.
Cmd: PORT 10,0,1,6,250,79
500: Illegal PORT Command
Cmd: PORT 10,0,1,6,250,80
500: Illegal PORT Command
Cmd: PORT 10,0,1,6,250,81
500: Illegal PORT Command
Cmd: PORT 10,0,1,6,250,82
500: Illegal PORT Command
Disconnecting from server…
Cmd: QUIT
221: You have transferred 0 bytes in 0 files.
Total traffic for this session was 187 bytes in 0 transfers.
Thank you for using the FTP service on server.private.
Goodbye.
Anyone know what I can try?
Thanks.
Message was edited by: s-chilly

In terms of the Airport Extreme, is the Mac Mini Server currently set to the default host? If the Mac Mini Server is not currently set to the default host, this needs to be configured as such.
To set up the Mac Mini Server as the default host on the Airport Extreme:
1 Open AirPort Utility, select your wireless device, and then choose Manual Setup from the Base Station menu, or double-click the device icon to open its configuration in a separate window. Enter the password if necessary.
2 Click the Internet button, and then click NAT.
3 Select the “Enable Default Host at” checkbox if not already checked.
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Help (pleeeease) with configuring FTP server connection

HI...I am so frustrated. You have to understand that I am not completely stupid, but I just cannot understand the process which will allow me to connect to a **^&-**** FTP server!!!
Here's the deal:
Me, graphic designer, designing among other things, websites.
Dreamweaver, the software program that I use to design websites.
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So...what can I do? Is it that something in the System Preferences panel needs to be adjusted to allow me access to FTP? I have fiddled around a little in there, but don't change anything, because I don't know what TCP/IP, proxy settings, etc. MEANS!!! All I did was allow FTP access (duh).
Another point of interest is permissions...somewhere along the way, during my long and convoluted journey with this problem, a message came up that mentioned that. Permissions. Don't know what that means either.
Is there anyone out there that can help me?? I am so confused, and just need a little education. I would greatly appreciate any advice or information. Thanks! Janelle
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Hi Janelle: I assume the domain is georgeponzini.com
1. http://georgeponzini.com/index.htm works so we know you have an index.htm page uploaded to the server but it contains no information at all, like you uploaded a completely blank page, no title, no code, nothing, nada...
2. http://georgeponzini.com/index.html does not exist, you never uploaded a page so what we see is an error page, saying such a file does not exist.
3. The link you have ftp-dom.earthlink.net/ is for uploading directly from a browser but I could not get it to work in Safari but does work in Firefox, which you can consider downloading and using.
4. If you can upload from your Control Center at Earthlink.net, that's a no brainer, this is the option to take, you cannot make any errors doing it this way. But that we'll figure out next... It's ok you do not see a public_html folder you are probably already in it when you log in. Where you given instructions to upload into the WEBDOCS/ folder, if so you did that right.
BTW - have you checked with Earthlink that Control Center will work on a Mac using Safari asa browser
5. Your index.htm page/file is NOT where you upload to, the index.htm IS the 'Home Page' or 'Index Page'. You're seeing a white page because it contains no information, but you must have uploaded a file/page named index.htm (see 1 above)
6. If you have files/pages uploaded in the correct area, see if you can rename any file index.html - I am sure you can do this at the Control Center, if not do this on your computer and use 'save as' > index.html - upload this file/page and see if it displays
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Delete file from FTP server

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I have a requirement where I need to delete a file from the FTP server. How do I do that?
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[ABAP solution to implement FTP transactions |http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/Snippets/ABAPsolutiontoimplementFTP+transactions]
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How can i do scheduled automatic backups to an ftp server in ios xr?

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This allows me to save my config to an ftp server everytime i use commit on the device. Now i want to know if there's a way to automatically save my configs everyday at 00:00 and also include the date and time in the name of the file so i don't overwrite the existing files in the ftp server.
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Explaination:
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I'm setting up a java ftp server
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In Compressor, you can set the Destination of a compression batch to be a remote server, such as an ftp server.
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2) Applescript support in Compressor which will allow information about the files that have just been compressed to be passed to another Applescript aware application or script.
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Oh, trust me, I do know about Apple and the fact this discussion site is not an official contact point for Apple. I'll be escalating this Request for Enhancement through my contacts at Apple.
There is a reason I have not posted before in this forum (and relates to the above).
There seems to be few people who are using the Applescript post-processing feature, and I was trying to gauge any support for enhancements in this area (and maybe stir up some villagers with pitchforks and burning torches).
Apple will listen to normal users input, but it needs to have a business case that justifies any resources devoted to this. The more people affected, and the greater the impact on your business, and the size/importance of your business has an effect on whether you will get what you want, and when.
Sorry if I was not clear on what I wanted: information as whether this was important for other (non-Apple) people, and whether people had scripts that solved the problem of staging output files to an ftp server that was not consistently connected during the compression process.
Thanks for your reply,
Bill Lee

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tables itcpo.
DATA: ch_otf TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF itcoo.
DATA: w_otf TYPE itcoo.
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