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papabill

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Nov 24, 2010
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ATTENTION anyone running Tiger or anyone familiar with Tiger

I have FTP checked in my System Preferences->Sharing. It says "FTP Access On" and "Other people can access your FTP server at ftp://192.168.0.2 or browse for 'PowerMac' by choosing Network from the Go menu in the Finder.

Now. From another computer on the same network, I can type in 'http://192.168.0.2' and get my web page. I type in 'ftp://192.168.0.2' and I get:
Code: 
 Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage 
   
   What you can try: 
    Diagnose Connection Problems  
 
     More information

nor does browsing for 'PowerMac' by choosing Network from the Go menu in the Finder. I have absolutely no idea how to get to my FTP (nor where my FTP files would go)

So, any ideas what is not being done correctly?

Thanks
 
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Which version of Internet Explorer are you testing this with? Do you have the Enable Folder View for FTP sites option checked in Internet Options?

Also, for security reasons, anonymous FTP is not turned on when you enable the built-in FTP server.
 
wrldwzrd89 said:
Which version of Internet Explorer are you testing this with? Do you have the Enable Folder View for FTP sites option checked in Internet Options? Also, for security reasons, anonymous FTP is not turned on when you enable the built-in FTP server.
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I'm trying to access the FTP from another computer on my home network using IE 8, and Enable FTP folder view is checked. How do I log in using name/password (how do I set up name/password?). Please excuse these incredibly dumb questions, I'm just incredibly new to Mac OS X
 
papabill said:
I'm trying to access the FTP from another computer on my home network using IE 8, and Enable FTP folder view is checked. How do I log in using name/password (how do I set up name/password?). Please excuse these incredibly dumb questions, I'm just incredibly new to Mac OS X
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The user name and password required is the one you enabled in Sharing preferences. If you did not enable any accounts, then... you'll obviously be unable to log in from another computer.
 
wrldwzrd89 said:
It won't on the Windows end, if you didn't do the required setup on the Mac end.
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No, what I meant was that when I enabled FTP sharing on the Mac through System Preferences, it just said "FTP Access On" and "Other people can access your FTP server at ftp://192.168.0.2/ or browse for 'PowerMac' by choosing Network from the Go menu in the Finder."

There is no place to set up FTP accounts anywhere.
 
papabill said:
No, what I meant was that when I enabled FTP sharing on the Mac through System Preferences, it just said "FTP Access On" and "Other people can access your FTP server at ftp://192.168.0.2/ or browse for 'PowerMac' by choosing Network from the Go menu in the Finder."

There is no place to set up FTP accounts anywhere.
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Huh. Are you not using Snow Leopard then? I am, and it requires some additional setup work be done in the Sharing pane of System Preferences - namely, at least one account needs to be turned on. Attached is a picture showing what I mean - you click Options after clicking File Sharing in the Sharing pane to bring up that dialog.
 

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I'm able to FTP using 1 of the 2 user accounts in that sharing window. I can't figure out why the 2nd one won't allow. My primary account(admin) has no problems but the "sharing only" account i created can't log in.
 
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