IWeb FTP upload

I'm having a significant problem uploading using iWeb's FTP functionality.
It has no problem connecting to the site. It goes through the process of uploading the content. The folders with the images and css files all seem to be uploading correctly. The uploading indicator slowly goes around until it gets to about the last 10% or less and then it stalls and just sits there and sits there and sits there and never seems to finish. It doesn't look as if it's actually loading any pages.
Does anybody have any idea what might be going on?
Thanks very much.
All the best,
Tom

Thanks. I have been using Transmit but wanted to test the iWeb function. It's still stuck were it was. I'm not sure how long I'm going to stick with it before writing it off as a lost cause. Seems strange that Apple can't manage something as simple as FTP software. It's more than 20 years since Fetch could do this.
Thanks again.

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FTPConnection
/*  <pre> */
* File: FTPConnection.java
* Author: Bret Taylor <[email protected]>
* URL: http://www.stanford.edu/~bstaylor/cs/ftpconnection/FTPConnection.java.shtml
* see also <a href="http://www.nsftools.com/tips/JavaFtp.htm">http://www.nsftools.com/tips/JavaFtp.htm</a>
* $Id$
* Parts of this code were adopted from a variety of other FTP classes the
* author has encountered that he was not completely satisfied with. If you
* think more thanks are due to any particular author than is given, please
* let him know. With that caveat, this class can be freely distributed and
* modified as long as Bret Taylor is given credit in the source code comments.
* Modified by Julian Robichaux -- http://www.nsftools.com
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import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
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* try {
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* if (connection.login(username, password)) {
* connection.downloadFile(serverFileName);
* connection.uploadFile(localFileName);
* connection.disconnect();
* } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
* // handle unknown host
* } catch (IOException e) {
* // handle I/O exception
* }</pre>
* Most FTP commands are wrapped by easy-to-use methods, but in case clients
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* <a href="#executeCommand(java.lang.String)">executeCommand</a> and
* <a href="#executeDataCommand(java.lang.String,
* java.io.OutputStream)">executeDataCommand</a>,
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* @author Bret Taylor
* @author Julian Robichaux
* @version 1.01
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 String[] output={name, extension};
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 inputStream = null;
 connectionSocket = null;
 * Wrapper for the commands <code>user [username]</code> and <code>pass
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 throws IOException
 int response = executeCommand("user " + username);
 if (!isPositiveIntermediateResponse(response)) return false;
 response = executeCommand("pass " + password);
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 return loggedIn;
 * Added by Julian: Logout before you disconnect (this is good form).
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 throws IOException
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 * Wrapper for the command <code>cwd [directory]</code>.
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 throws IOException
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 return isPositiveCompleteResponse(response);
 * Wrapper for the commands <code>rnfr [oldName]</code> and <code>rnto
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 * Wrapper for the command <code>mkd [directory]</code>.
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 * Wrapper for the command <code>rmd [directory]</code>.
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 throws IOException
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 * Wrapper for the command <code>cdup</code>.
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 throws IOException
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 * Wrapper for the command <code>pwd</code>.
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 throws IOException
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 reply = inputStream.readLine();
 debugPrint(reply);
 } while(!(Character.isDigit(reply.charAt(0)) &&
 Character.isDigit(reply.charAt(1)) &&
 Character.isDigit(reply.charAt(2)) &&
 reply.charAt(3) == ' '));
 return reply;
 * Added by Julian: Returns the last line of the server reply, but also
 * returns the full multi-line reply in a StringBuffer parameter.
 private String getFullServerReply(StringBuffer fullReply)
 throws IOException
 String reply;
 fullReply.setLength(0);
 do {
 reply = inputStream.readLine();
 debugPrint(reply);
 fullReply.append(reply + lineTerm);
 } while(!(Character.isDigit(reply.charAt(0)) &&
 Character.isDigit(reply.charAt(1)) &&
 Character.isDigit(reply.charAt(2)) &&
 reply.charAt(3) == ' '));
 // remove any trailing line terminators from the fullReply
 if (fullReply.length() > 0)
 fullReply.setLength(fullReply.length() - lineTerm.length());
 return reply;
 * Added by Julian: Gets a list of files in the current directory.
 public String listFiles()
 throws IOException
 return listFiles("");
 * Added by Julian: Gets a list of files in either the current
 * directory, or one specified as a parameter. The 'params' parameter
 * can be either a directory name, a file mask, or both (such as
 * '/DirName/*.txt').
 public String listFiles(String params)
 throws IOException
 StringBuffer files = new StringBuffer();
 StringBuffer dirs = new StringBuffer();
 if (!getAndParseDirList(params, files, dirs))
 debugPrint("Error getting file list");
 return files.toString();
 * Added by Julian: Gets a list of subdirectories in the current directory.
 public String listSubdirectories()
 throws IOException
 return listSubdirectories("");
 * Added by Julian: Gets a list of subdirectories in either the current
 * directory, or one specified as a parameter. The 'params' parameter
 * can be either a directory name, a name mask, or both (such as
 * '/DirName/Sub*').
 public String listSubdirectories(String params)
 throws IOException
 StringBuffer files = new StringBuffer();
 StringBuffer dirs = new StringBuffer();
 if (!getAndParseDirList(params, files, dirs))
 debugPrint("Error getting dir list");
 return dirs.toString();
 * Added by Julian: Sends and gets the results of a file list command,
 * like LIST or NLST.
 private String processFileListCommand(String command)
 throws IOException
 StringBuffer reply = new StringBuffer();
 String replyString;
 // file listings require you to issue a PORT command,
 // like a file transfer
 boolean success = executeDataCommand(command, reply);
 if (!success)
 return "";
 replyString = reply.toString();
 // strip the trailing line terminator from the reply
 if (reply.length() > 0)
 return replyString.substring(0, reply.length() - 1);
 } else {
 return replyString;
 * Added by Julian: Gets a directory list from the server and parses
 * the elements into a list of files and a list of subdirectories.
 private boolean getAndParseDirList(String params, StringBuffer files, StringBuffer dirs)
 throws IOException
 // reset the return variables (we're using StringBuffers instead of
 // Strings because you can't change a String value and pass it back
 // to the calling routine -- changing a String creates a new object)
 files.setLength(0);
 dirs.setLength(0);
 // get the NLST and the LIST -- don't worry if the commands
 // don't work, because we'll just end up sending nothing back
 // if that's the case
 String shortList = processFileListCommand("nlst " + params);
 String longList = processFileListCommand("list " + params);
 // tokenize the lists we got, using a newline as a separator
 StringTokenizer sList = new StringTokenizer(shortList, "\n");
 StringTokenizer lList = new StringTokenizer(longList, "\n");
 // other variables we'll need
 String sString;
 String lString;
 // assume that both lists have the same number of elements
 while ((sList.hasMoreTokens()) && (lList.hasMoreTokens())) {
 sString = sList.nextToken();
 lString = lList.nextToken();
 if (lString.length() > 0)
 if (lString.startsWith("d"))
 dirs.append(sString.trim() + lineTerm);
 debugPrint("Dir: " + sString);
 } else if (lString.startsWith("-")) {
 files.append(sString.trim() + lineTerm);
 debugPrint("File: " + sString);
 } else {
 // actually, symbolic links will start with an "l"
 // (lowercase L), but we're not going to mess with
 // those
 debugPrint("Unknown: " + lString);
 // strip off any trailing line terminators and return the values
 if (files.length() > 0) { files.setLength(files.length() - lineTerm.length()); }
 if (dirs.length() > 0) { dirs.setLength(dirs.length() - lineTerm.length()); }
 return true;
 * Executes the given FTP command on our current connection, returning the
 * three digit response code from the server. This method only works for
 * commands that do not require an additional data port.
 public int executeCommand(String command)
 throws IOException
 outputStream.println(command);
 return getServerReply();
 * Executes the given FTP command on our current connection, returning the
 * last line of the server's response. Useful for commands that return
 * one line of information.
 public String getExecutionResponse(String command)
 throws IOException
 outputStream.println(command);
 return getFullServerReply();
 * Executes the given ftpd command on the server and writes the results
 * returned on the data port to the file with the given name, returning true
 * if the server indicates that the operation was successful.
 public boolean readDataToFile(String command, String fileName)
 throws IOException
 // Open the local file
 RandomAccessFile outfile = new RandomAccessFile(fileName, "rw");
 // Do restart if desired
 if (restartPoint != 0) {
 debugPrint("Seeking to " + restartPoint);
 outfile.seek(restartPoint);
 // Convert the RandomAccessFile to an OutputStream
 FileOutputStream fileStream = new FileOutputStream(outfile.getFD());
 boolean success = executeDataCommand(command, fileStream);
 outfile.close();
 return success;
 * Executes the given ftpd command on the server and writes the contents
 * of the given file to the server on an opened data port, returning true
 * if the server indicates that the operation was successful.
 public boolean writeDataFromFile(String command, String fileName)
 throws IOException
 // Open the local file
 RandomAccessFile infile = new RandomAccessFile(fileName, "r");
 // Do restart if desired
 if (restartPoint != 0) {
 debugPrint("Seeking to " + restartPoint);
 infile.seek(restartPoint);
 // Convert the RandomAccessFile to an InputStream
 FileInputStream fileStream = new FileInputStream(infile.getFD());
 boolean success = executeDataCommand(command, fileStream);
 infile.close();
 return success;
 * Executes the given ftpd command on the server and writes the results
 * returned on the data port to the given OutputStream, returning true
 * if the server indicates that the operation was successful.
 public boolean executeDataCommand(String command, OutputStream out)
 throws IOException
 // Open a data socket on this computer
 ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(0);
 if (!setupDataPort(command, serverSocket)) return false;
 Socket clientSocket = serverSocket.accept();
 // Transfer the data
 InputStream in = clientSocket.getInputStream();
 transferData(in, out);
 // Clean up the data structures
 in.close();
 clientSocket.close();
 serverSocket.close();
 return isPositiveCompleteResponse(getServerReply());
 * Executes the given ftpd command on the server and writes the contents
 * of the given InputStream to the server on an opened data port, returning
 * true if the server indicates that the operation was successful.
 public boolean executeDataCommand(String command, InputStream in)
 throws IOException
 // Open a data socket on this computer
 ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(0);
 if (!setupDataPort(command, serverSocket)) return false;
 Socket clientSocket = serverSocket.accept();
 // Transfer the data
 OutputStream out = clientSocket.getOutputStream();
 transferData(in, out);
 // Clean up the data structures
 out.close();
 clientSocket.close();
 serverSocket.close();
 return isPositiveCompleteResponse(getServerReply());
 * Added by Julian: Executes the given ftpd command on the server
 * and writes the results returned on the data port to the given
 * StringBuffer, returning true if the server indicates that the
 * operation was successful.
 public boolean executeDataCommand(String command, StringBuffer sb)
 throws IOException
 // Open a data socket on this computer
 ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(0);
 if (!setupDataPort(command, serverSocket)) return false;
 Socket clientSocket = serverSocket.accept();
 // Transfer the data
 InputStream in = clientSocket.getInputStream();
 transferData(in, sb);
 // Clean up the data structures
 in.close();
 clientSocket.close();
 serverSocket.close();
 return isPositiveCompleteResponse(getServerReply());
 * Transfers the data from the given input stream to the given output
 * stream until we reach the end of the stream.
 private void transferData(InputStream in, OutputStream out)
 throws IOException
 byte b[] = new byte[BLOCK_SIZE];
 int amount;
 // Read the data into the file
 while ((amount = in.read(b)) > 0) {
 out.write(b, 0, amount);
 * Added by Julian: Transfers the data from the given input stream
 * to the given StringBuffer until we reach the end of the stream.
 private void transferData(InputStream in, StringBuffer sb)
 throws IOException
 byte b[] = new byte[BLOCK_SIZE];
 int amount;
 // Read the data into the StringBuffer
 while ((amount = in.read(b)) > 0) {
 sb.append(new String(b, 0, amount));
 * Executes the given ftpd command on the server and writes the results
 * returned on the data port to the given FilterOutputStream, returning true
 * if the server indicates that the operation was successful.
 private boolean setupDataPort(String command, ServerSocket serverSocket)
 throws IOException
 // Send our local data port to the server
 if (!openPort(serverSocket)) return false;
 // Set binary type transfer
 outputStream.println("type i");
 if (!isPositiveCompleteResponse(getServerReply())) {
 debugPrint("Could not set transfer type");
 return false;
 // If we have a restart point, send that information
 if (restartPoint != 0) {
 outputStream.println("rest " + restartPoint);
 restartPoint = 0;
 // TODO: Interpret server response here
 getServerReply();
 // Send the command
 outputStream.println(command);
 return isPositivePreliminaryResponse(getServerReply());
 * Get IP address and port number from serverSocket and send them via the
 * <code>port</code> command to the ftp server, returning true if we get a
 * valid response from the server, returning true if the server indicates
 * that the operation was successful.
 private boolean openPort(ServerSocket serverSocket)
 throws IOException
 int localport = serverSocket.getLocalPort();
 // get local ip address
 InetAddress inetaddress = serverSocket.getInetAddress();
 InetAddress localip;
 try {
 localip = inetaddress.getLocalHost();
 } catch(UnknownHostException e) {
 debugPrint("Can't get local host");
 return false;
 // get ip address in high byte order
 byte[] addrbytes = localip.getAddress();
 // tell server what port we are listening on
 short addrshorts[] = new short[4];
 // problem: bytes greater than 127 are printed as negative numbers
 for(int i = 0; i <= 3; i++) {
 addrshorts[i] = addrbytes;
if (addrshorts[i] < 0)
addrshorts[i] += 256;
outputStream.println("port " + addrshorts[0] + "," + addrshorts[1] +
"," + addrshorts[2] + "," + addrshorts[3] + "," +
((localport & 0xff00) >> 8) + "," +
(localport & 0x00ff));
return isPositiveCompleteResponse(getServerReply());
* True if the given response code is in the 100-199 range.
private boolean isPositivePreliminaryResponse(int response)
return (response >= 100 && response < 200);
* True if the given response code is in the 300-399 range.
private boolean isPositiveIntermediateResponse(int response)
return (response >= 300 && response < 400);
* True if the given response code is in the 200-299 range.
private boolean isPositiveCompleteResponse(int response)
return (response >= 200 && response < 300);
* True if the given response code is in the 400-499 range.
private boolean isTransientNegativeResponse(int response)
return (response >= 400 && response < 500);
* True if the given response code is in the 500-5

ok i tried explaining th eproblem in the previous post, but i apologize if my explanation was poor. anyways, i tried to look into it further by doing a printStackTrace() and believe it may be a read error. here is my new updated snippet, and also a link to a screenshot ([click here for screenshot|http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture4qr0.png]) of what the error looks like on my end. it seems like a socket is not being read, or maybe it is initialized properly. Again I apologize if my problem is vague, but I do appreciate your input. thanks.
updated code snippet
public void uploadFiles()
 statusLabel.setVisible(true);
 errorLabel.setVisible(true);
 uploadButton.setVisible(false);
 footer.setVisible(false);
 holdingPanel.setVisible(false);
 pbar.setVisible(true);
 pbar = new JProgressBar();
 pbar.setMinimum(0);
 float Total=0;
 for (int i=0; i<fileLengths.size(); i++)
 if(((java.lang.Boolean)model.getValueAt(i,1)).toString().equals("true"))
 Total+=Float.parseFloat((String)fileLengths.get(i));
 pbar.setMaximum((int)Total);
 String info="";
 try
 ftp=new FTPConnection(false);
 ftp.connect("ftp.chris-malcolm.com");
 if (ftp.login("chrismal", "***"))
 statusLabel.setText("Status: Connected.");
 info+="Successfully logged in!\n";
 info+="System type is: " + ftp.getSystemType()+"\n";
 info+="Current directory is: " + ftp.getCurrentDirectory()+"\n";
 if (ftp.changeDirectory("/www/images/"))
 info+="directory changed to: " + ftp.getCurrentDirectory()+"\n";
 try
 for (int i=0; i<allFiles.size(); i++)
 if(((java.lang.Boolean)model.getValueAt(i,1)).toString().equals("true"))
 String f=client.verifyFileName((String)model.getValueAt(i,0));
 String f2=""+((File)allFiles.get(i)).getPath();
 info+="filename: "+f2+"\n";
 if (ftp.uploadFile(f2))
 statusLabel.setText("Status: Uploading "+f+" - "+i+" of "+calculateTotalFiles()+" files(s)");
 pbar.setValue(Integer.parseInt((String)fileLengths.get(i)));
 else
 errorLabel.setText("Error occured while uploading"+f2+"\n");
 catch(Exception de)
 StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
 PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(sw);
 de.printStackTrace(pw);
 pw.close();
 //errorLabel.setText("<html>ERROR:"+sw.toString().replace("\n", " ")+"</html>");
 info+="Error: "+de.getMessage()+"\n";
 info+="Trace: "+sw+"\n";
 try { ftp.disconnect(); statusLabel.setText("Status: disconnected.");} catch(Exception e2) {};
 else
 info+="could not change directory\n";
 else
 info+="could not login";
 catch (Exception e)
 StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
 PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(sw);
 e.printStackTrace(pw);
 pw.close();
 info+="Error: "+e.getMessage()+"\n";
 info+="Trace: "+sw+"\n";
 try { ftp.disconnect(); statusLabel.setText("Status: disconnected.");} catch(Exception e2) {};
 errorLabel.setText("ERROR:"+info);
 JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, info, "test", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
 try { ftp.disconnect(); statusLabel.setText("Status: disconnected.");} catch(Exception e2) {};
 Edited by: cjm771 on Jul 13, 2008 7:23 PM

Base filtering engine is preventing FTP uploads

Using win 8.1. Ftp uploads (from any ftp program, filezilla, winscp and with knowhow cloud backup) stalls after 2-3 files have been uploaded. A single large file will upload but not multiple small files. If I boot into windows safe mode the problem
does not occur, ftp works fine, always. In normal mode by eliminating one running component at a time I found that the base filtering engine appeared to be the only problem. If base filtering was running the ftp problem occurred, if not then ftp
was fine.
Can one repair or replace the base filtering engine?. I found this as it relates to win 7
FROM ONE OF YOUR OTHER THREADS:
you may download and apply the BFE service registry fix (#11) in this page: Miscellaneous Registry Fixes for Windows 7/XP/Vista - The Winhelponline Blog: LINK REMOVED (could not submit, Body text cannot contain images or links until we are able to verify
your account.)
Is that applicable for this problem in win 8.1?
I do understand the BFE is an important security issue. I have also scanned my system for viruses, I use defender (computer associates) anti virus and firewall, and spybot for malware. I can't specifically pinpoint the occurrence of the problem with
the installation of any specific new software program. I have disabled the defender firewall and virus software and that does not solve the problem. Disabling base filtering engine results in a functioning ftp, enabling results in
a stalled ftp.
Any help would be appreciated.

Try this suggestion
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/d8e59632-fca9-4bbd-b748-881af144706a/access-denied-base-filter-engine?forum=winservergen
1. Browse to the location for the BFE service in the registry (HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\BFE\Parameters\Policy), right click and select permissions.
2. In the "Permissions for Policy" window, click advanced | Add.
3. Once the "Select Users, Computers or Group" box appears, change the "From this location:" to point to the local machine name.
4. After changing the search location, enter "NT Service\BFE" in the "Enter the object name to select" box and click "Check names" - this will allow you to add the BFE account.
5. Give the following privileges to the BFE account:
Query Value
Set Value
Create Subkey
Enumerate Subkeys
Notify
Read Control
After adding the BFE account to the registry key, please try to start the Base Filtering Engine service.

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