I believe I am experiencing the same issue as the OP in this thread, the only differences being this has never worked for me (that is; saved the ftp password), and also pressing escape / cancel just takes me back to 'My Computer' rather than connecting to the FTP site.
I have created an FTP address book entry and double checked the password itself as well as the 'ask for password' setting in the global settings and the address book entry.
Here are the logs from when I connect:
Opening Connection fm.ols18.com:21
220---------- Welcome to Pure-FTPd [privsep] [TLS] ----------
220-You are user number 118 of 550 allowed.
220-Local time is now 04:35. Server port: 21.
220-This server supports FXP transfers
220-IPv6 connections are also welcome on this server.
220 You will be disconnected after 15 minutes of inactivity.
331 User <username> OK. Password required
230 OK. Current directory is /
215 UNIX Type: L8
211-Extensions supported:
EPRT
IDLE
MDTM
SIZE
REST STREAM
MLST type*;size*;sizd*;modify*;UNIX.mode*;UNIX.uid*;UNIX.gid*;unique*;
MLSD
AUTH TLS
PBSZ
PROT
ESTA
PASV
EPSV
SPSV
ESTP
211 End.
200 MLST OPTS type;size;sizd;modify;UNIX.mode;UNIX.uid;UNIX.gid;unique;
200 TYPE is now ASCII
257 "/" is your current location
250 OK. Current directory is /
257 "/" is your current location
227 Entering Passive Mode (64,64,131,105,12,253)
150 Accepted data connection
1163 bytes received in 0.265 seconds (3.928 Kbytes/sec)
226-Options: -a -l
226 10 matches total
Connection closed
Either by typing the address into the 'Go:' bar, or by using a 'network location' saved in 'My Computer'. Sorry, didn't actually try connecting directly via the address book entry; it works fine. However, I want to be able to connect via the other 2 methods without having to enter a password.
I can't see which line is the last one printed before getting the password prompt as there doesn't seem to be anything logged until the connection is complete.
I don't think either of those use the address book at all, so they won't use a password stored in the address book. There's no way around that, I'm afraid.
(You can include the username and password in the URL you type into the address bar, but that wouldn't really save you any typing compared to being prompted for it.)
Oh, that's disappointing. I was under the impression that it was possible to save these (Explorer has this option). I guess this is now a feature request then!
I've seen an option about saving 'quick connect' passwords, but I guess that's something different?
As a workaround I put the username & password (ftp://username:password@ftp.server.com), as you suggested, into the 'network location' address and it achieves the result I'm after, however, this is arguably a security issue as the password is now stored in plain text in the network location entry.
