Lee, I get the same message as you when I enter the ftp address as ftp://[EMAIL PROTECTED] , but then when I follow those instructions by clicking on Page and opening the FTP site in Windows Explorer, I still get an error message, which can be gotten around by using WE's "Login As ..." option. I don't understand why when I'm using a Mac FTP program the server prompts me to enter a password (which is what I want it to do), but using Windows Explorer I have to select (and know enough to select) this rather hidden "Login As ..." feature. It makes me think that I have some setting wrong in OS X Server -- probably some setting that handles how the server deals with Windows users.
Re FTP vs. SFTP: In OS X Server Admin I have turned on the FTP service. I can find no option in there to use SFTP or SCP. The only place I find an SFTP option is in the Firewall service, which is not currently turned on in OS X Server (the server sits behind a router that I think [and hope] acts as a firewall). To use this SFTP option, would I need to turn on the Firewall service and then activate SFTP? And if I did that, should I then turn off the FTP service? As you can probably guess by these questions, I know little about firewalls and security. If you know of any good tutorial you can point me to, I'd appreciate it. Dan > On Jan 12, 2008, at 11:52 AM, Dan Crutcher wrote: > >> Usually, when I ask someone who uses Windows how they connect to an >> FTP site they say they use Internet Explorer to do so, rather than a >> dedicated FTP program like Fetch. So I am trying to make this work >> for >> someone using IE as their FTP program. I find that when I try to >> access the server in IE by typing "ftp://servername"; into the URL >> window I get an "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" >> message. > > Older versions of IE supported easy "drag & drop" ftp access, but > Microsoft, in its infinite wisdom, crippled the ftp in IE7. They now > want you to use Windows Explorer. (Many people have switched to > Firefox or Opera for this reason.) I suspect those Windows users who > say they use IE are living in the past. > > When I tell IE7 to get ftp://[EMAIL PROTECTED], a dialog > pops up saying something like "To view this FTP site in Windows > Explorer, click Page, and then Open FTP Site in Windows Explorer." > This is a deliberate feature, not a flaw in IE7. > > By the way, if your site is externally accessible, I recommend you > turn off ftp and turn on sftp or scp so all your traffic (including > passwords) doesn't travel naked over the Internet. > > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be January 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be January 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
