Thanks. But I don't have control of the server, so can't do anything with the FTPD service on it. (the site is remote hosted). Luckily, this isn't tooo critical of an issue - I do have access to the database file via SmartFTP, so I can back it up manually for now. And the database doesn't go through enough changes to dictate a nightly backup yet (so far, I'm seeing somewhere between 3 - 10 changes to the database in a month).
Shawn -----Original Message----- From: Mathieu Jobin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 8:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: (clug-talk) wget and ftp? I have ever seen SmartFTP being able to exploit a bug on some ftpd server. I've already been on a FTP site, where my account was chrooted but not with SmartFTP. I really dont know why. Since SmartFTP was not able to break my system and I had no access to the FTPD server config I visited. so maybe there's a bug somewhere in your FTPD config. you problably try at first another windows client like leapFTP or CuteFTP. look if there a difference with SmartFTP in the posssibility you can do on your server. then correct your FTP server to get SmartFTP and everyone else work the same way. and then allow yourself to get the file you need. On Wednesday 18 June 2003 13:03, Shawn Grover wrote: > MS Access file. But in a secured folder. I don't understand why I can use > SmartFTP to access the folder, but not command line ftp. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 12:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) wget and ftp? > > At 12:38 PM 6/18/03, you wrote: > > >On Saturday 14 June 2003 15:56, Shawn wrote: > > >> Hi ya. > > >> > > >> I've just put together a script file that will call wget to backup one > > of > > > >> the websites I manage, and built a cron job to run this every night. > > The > > > >> problem I'm having is in accessing a specific ftp folder. > > >> > > >> The host the site is with has assigned our user account a default > > >> directory, so when I log in my path is something like > > >> "ftp.mysite.com/html". There is a database file that is one level > > >> above this "ftp.mysite.com/database" (assuming I got the path right). > > >> The datbase folder has restricted access so that web users cannot > > >> download > > the > > > >> database file, or even see the folder. When I use a tool like > > >> SmartFTP, > > I > > > >> can access both folders without having to login. However, when I open > > up a > > > >> command line ftp session on my linux box, I cannot connect to the > > database > > > >> folder - I get permission denied, even though I'm logged in with the > > >> correct user account. Any thoughts on this? > > Dumb question: What type of database file we are talking about? A Flat > file, MySQL, PostgreSQL. -- What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is brought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy? - Gandhi -
