Tiger - Finder 'Connect to Server' ftp protocol question

Folks;
I recognize that the Finder's ftp access is read/download only.
I want to understand why I cannot get a file listing with this type of connection.
I authenticate correctly and a blank Finder window opens.
If I use the cmd-line I have to burp the file listing out as shown below.
Is there a way go get the Finder to request this listing with a standard ftp:// request?
Seems like after all these years the Finder wouldn't be so brain dead...
Thanks for any help!
Steve
Password:
230 User [email protected] logged in.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> ls -l
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||38848|)
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
drwxr-xr-x 5 [email protected] xyz 4096 Sep 4 19:56 798. filex
...

Steve Cronin wrote:
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||38848|)
I don't know what "extended passive mode" is. It sounds like the Finder doesn't support it.
Actually, I think Apple is doing everyone a favor with FTP. FTP has no security whatsoever. FTP passwords are often login passwords. Using sftp is far more secure and more reliable. With MacFUSE and MacFusion, sftp can be integrated with the Finder.

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FTP client will let me add files, make new folders, etc. Apple's finder let's me log in the same, but gives me the no write icon in the corner. Is there a trick to getting this to work like in Fetch? It would be much easier through the Finder than having to install FTP clients on everyone's Mac.
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Hi there,
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I have found the decision of this problem.
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res
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Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
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 ▹ Restart
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OS 10.6.8, GoLive CS2 v 8.0.1
For my web creation I use Adobe GoLive. I seldom use it.
I need to upload a new page but when trying to connect I get the following message:
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David Heidelberger
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I have a single Tiger server OS X 10.4.11, on a LAN with 5 Tiger Clients and 2 Leopard clients, all with up-to-date patches.
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All the shares are setup as:
General:
Share this item and its contents.
Access:
Owner=Root (Read & Write);
Group=Staff (Read & Write);
Everyone (Read Only);
No ACL
Protocols:
Apple File Settings:
Share this item using AFP;
Allow AFP guest access;
Custom Name=<unique name>;
Default permissions for new files and folders=Use standard POSIX behavior
Windows File Settings:
Share this item using SMB
Allow SMB guest access
Enable strict locking
Default permissions for new files and folders:
Assign as follows: Owner=Read & Write; Group=Read & Write; Everyone=Read Only
FTP Settings
Share this item using FTP
Allow FTP guest access
Common FTP name: <same unique name>
Network Mount
Where: LDAPv3.127.0.0.1 (locked)
AFP is setup as follows:
General:
Enable Bonjour registration
Access:
Authentication=Standard
Enable Secure connections
Client & Guest connections=Unlimited
Logging:
(Everything); Archive every 7 days
Idle Users: (nothing checked
All staff members are defined as part of the "staff" group.

Windows File Settings:
Share this item using SMB
Allow SMB guest access
Enable strict locking
Default permissions for new files and folders:
Do you have any Windows clients on your network? If not turn OFF the SMB server and change the settings here so there is no SMB sharing.
FTP Settings
Share this item using FTP
Allow FTP guest access
Common FTP name: <same unique name>
Do your users access this sharepoint with FTP from inside your network? If not, stop the FTP server and change the settings to not share this via FTP.
General:
Enable Bonjour registration
Turn this off for all sharepoints. If you have no Bonjour-only printers -like some of those POS HP color Laserjet 26xx or 36xx series- enter this in Terminal.app or through the 'Send UNIX command...' in ARD to all of your Leopard clients:
launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist
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Access:
Authentication=Standard
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Status:          Resolving address of domain.com
Status:          Connecting to ExternalIP:990...
Status:          Connection established, initializing TLS...
Status:          Verifying certificate...
Status:          TLS/SSL connection established, waiting for welcome message...
Response:          220-220-Welcome to Cerberus FTP Server
Response:          220 220 Created by Cerberus, LLC
Command:          USER test
Response:          331 User test, password please
Command:          PASS ***********
Response:          230 Password Ok, User logged in
Command:          CLNT FileZilla
Response:          200 Command okay
Command:          OPTS UTF8 ON
Response:          220 UTF8 support on
Command:          PBSZ 0
Response:          200 PBSZ=0
Command:          PROT P
Response:          200 PROT P OK, data channel will be secured
Status:          Connected
Status:          Retrieving directory listing...
Command:          PWD
Response:          257 "/" is the current directory
Command:          TYPE I
Response:          200 Type Binary
Command:          PASV
Response:          227 Entering Passive Mode (external IP,195,83)
Command:          MLSD
Error:          Connection timed out
Error:          Failed to retrieve directory listing
Result of the command: "show running-config"
: Saved
ASA Version 8.0(4)
interface Vlan1
nameif inside
security-level 100
ip address 192.168.10.10 255.255.255.0
interface Vlan2
nameif outside
security-level 0
pppoe client vpdn group att
ip address pppoe setroute
interface Ethernet0/0
switchport access vlan 2
interface Ethernet0/1
interface Ethernet0/2
interface Ethernet0/3
interface Ethernet0/4
interface Ethernet0/5
interface Ethernet0/6
interface Ethernet0/7
ftp mode passive
clock timezone CST -6
clock summer-time CDT recurring
object-group service RDP tcp
description RDP
port-object eq 3389
object-group service FTP_PASV_Ports tcp
description Passive Ports
port-object range 35000 35999
object-group service FTPS tcp
description FTPS
port-object eq 990
access-list outside_access_in extended permit tcp any any object-group RDP
access-list outside_access_in extended permit icmp any any
access-list outside_access_in extended permit tcp any any eq ftp
access-list outside_access_in extended permit tcp any any eq telnet
access-list outside_access_in extended permit tcp any any eq smtp
access-list outside_access_in extended permit tcp any any eq www
access-list outside_access_in extended permit tcp any any eq pop3
access-list outside_access_in extended permit tcp any any eq https
access-list outside_access_in remark passive FTP port range
access-list outside_access_in extended permit tcp any host server object-group FTP_PASV_Ports
access-list outside_access_in extended permit tcp any any eq ssh
access-list outside_access_in extended permit tcp any any object-group FTPS
access-list outside_access_in extended permit tcp any any eq ftp-data
pager lines 24
logging enable
logging asdm informational
mtu inside 1500
mtu outside 1492
icmp unreachable rate-limit 1 burst-size 1
asdm image disk0:/asdm-621.bin
no asdm history enable
arp timeout 14400
global (outside) 1 interface
nat (inside) 1 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
static (inside,outside) tcp interface www server www netmask 255.255.255.255
static (inside,outside) tcp interface https server https netmask 255.255.255.255
static (inside,outside) tcp interface smtp server smtp netmask 255.255.255.255
static (inside,outside) tcp interface 3389 server 3389 netmask 255.255.255.255
static (inside,outside) tcp interface pop3 server pop3 netmask 255.255.255.255
static (inside,outside) tcp interface ftp server ftp netmask 255.255.255.255
static (inside,outside) tcp interface ssh server ssh netmask 255.255.255.255
static (inside,outside) tcp interface 990 server 990 netmask 255.255.255.255
static (inside,outside) tcp interface ftp-data server ftp-data netmask 255.255.255.255
access-group outside_access_in in interface outside
timeout xlate 3:00:00
timeout conn 1:00:00 half-closed 0:10:00 udp 0:02:00 icmp 0:00:02
timeout sunrpc 0:10:00 h323 0:05:00 h225 1:00:00 mgcp 0:05:00 mgcp-pat 0:05:00
timeout sip 0:30:00 sip_media 0:02:00 sip-invite 0:03:00 sip-disconnect 0:02:00
timeout sip-provisional-media 0:02:00 uauth 0:05:00 absolute
dynamic-access-policy-record DfltAccessPolicy
http server enable
http 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.0 inside
no snmp-server location
no snmp-server contact
snmp-server enable traps snmp authentication linkup linkdown coldstart
crypto ipsec security-association lifetime seconds 28800
crypto ipsec security-association lifetime kilobytes 4608000
telnet 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 inside
telnet timeout 5
ssh 192.168.10.0 255.255.255.0 inside
ssh timeout 5
console timeout 0
vpdn group att request dialout pppoe
vpdn group att localname @static.sbcglobal.net
vpdn group att ppp authentication pap
vpdn username @static.sbcglobal.net password *********
dhcpd auto_config outside
threat-detection basic-threat
threat-detection statistics access-list
no threat-detection statistics tcp-intercept
username admin password rcuFiQnIXLd encrypted privilege 15
class-map inspection_default
match default-inspection-traffic
policy-map type inspect dns preset_dns_map
parameters
message-length maximum 512
policy-map global_policy
class inspection_default
inspect dns preset_dns_map
inspect h323 h225
inspect h323 ras
inspect rsh
inspect rtsp
inspect esmtp
inspect sqlnet
inspect skinny
inspect sunrpc
inspect xdmcp
inspect sip
inspect netbios
inspect tftp
inspect ftp
service-policy global_policy global
prompt hostname context
Cryptochecksum:ecb5356a2f5e680b
: end
I am programing the router with ASDM so if you could tell me what i need to do from the GUI to fix this.

Dan,
Looking at the output,
Status:          Resolving address of domain.com
Status:          Connecting to ExternalIP:990...
Status:          Connection established, initializing TLS...
Status:          Verifying certificate...
Status:          TLS/SSL connection established, waiting for welcome message...
This looks like FTPS which is not supported on the ASA. You can workaround it by trying to connect using Active mode from the outside instead of PSV.
You can find more info here:
https://supportforums.cisco.com/docs/DOC-23206
Mike

Error message pops up saying "Network Connection could not find a PPPoe Server.

I am trying to update my wife's iBook, 2,1 for my mom to use. It is running OS 10.6.8. Every time I wake up the computer an error message pops up saying "Network Connection could not find a PPPoe Server." It does it periodically when the computer is on. It will drive my mom nuts and worry her. Can anyone help me stop this from happening?
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Hello kevinfromwauwatosa,
Thanks for the question. The following article provides the most relevant information to your issue:
Troubleshooting "A connection failure has occurred", "The specified server could not be found" or similar messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1843
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1871
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Finder > Go > Connect to Server
When ever I need to connect to a smb server using Finder, I get the constant error -36.
In console :
mount_smbfs: session setup phase failed: syserr = Socket is not connected
mount_smbfs: could not login to server EXIT15: syserr = Socket is not connected
mount_smbfs: 2 failures to open smb device: syserr = Resource busy
mount_smbfs: session setup phase failed: syserr = Authentication error
mount_smbfs: error from NetrShareEnum call: exception = 382312500
I can sometimes select the share to mount, and it tries for a few seconds, never succeeds.
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Wired, wireless, and even VPN, no matter how the mac is connected to the net.
Every non-Mac server at work tested gives this error when trying to connect to their shares.
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smb.conf and nsmb.conf any security settings don't make any difference.
I have working details for connection, so share, ip and dns name, username and password for connection work.
Connecting from Terminal works.
Connecting from any Windows or Linux virtual machine on Fusion on these same Macs work too.
I have changed the workgroup to the correct one in Directory Access.
I have tried all connection syntaxes suggested in http://www.macwindows.com/tiger.html - none of them still work in Finder, always identical results.
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is what smbclient gives for server details when its connected.
As smb works from command line, it's not smb itself that is affected. Just Finder.
I don't have access to edit any settings on the servers that we need to connect to. Only sharename and password that work for connection, but don't allow any editing on the server's settings.
Ideas? This should work in Finder.
Smbclient and Fusion area already somewhat workarounds, so I'm not looking for any third party software for dealing with this.
I spent way too much time with AppleCare on this, and all I got was 90 minutes wasted.
Ideas anyone???

I think I have found what caused it. Not solved, but at least this seems so far the most likely cause:
The share name contains hyphen.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106471 Mac OS X 10.1 or later: How to Connect to Windows File Sharing (SMB) : Date Modified: August 01, 2007
“6. You cannot connect to a share with a name that contains a hyphen. Resolve the issue by giving the share a name that does not contain a hyphen.”
smbclient in Terminal is not limited to this "feature" of Finder of Mac OS X 10.1 that was not fixed or recoded to solve it or modify it since adding smb in it in 2001.
It's not possible to test this changing the share name to one that does not contain a hyphen, nor to have one added in this server.
For users that won't have Terminal access, the solution are .. remote desktop with admin user, have admin user come to mount the share in location, or use virtualization software and with it anything that works.
Probably too optimistic to think the smb parts would have been rewritten for 10.5.

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