Problem getting Advanced FTP (FTP+SSL) working

Help & Support
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I'm attempting to get the Advanced FTP plugin working and have reached a problem.

I've got FileZilla Server v0.9.8 on the server. I've set the port to 2100, turned on passive transfers using the default ports, MODE Z is on, as is SSL/TLS & explicit connections are allowed, and I set it to listen to both 2100 and 990 for explicit SSL/TLS connections.

On DOpus I set it to "Secure TLS/SSL Explicit", the correct port number correctly and enabled passive mode.

Note that these settings with with the FileZilla client.

When I connect with DOpus I can see it saying:

[quote]AUTH TLS
334 Using authentication type TLS[/quote]
then it just sits doing nothing.

When I change DOpus to do "SSL Implicit" and change the port to 2100 it tries connecting but this shows in the FileZilla Server log:

[quote]> Connected, sending welcome message...

220
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500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
a(binary)
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
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500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
(lots of binary data)
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
6
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
9
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
8
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
5
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
(binary)
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
(binary)
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
3
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
2
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
/
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
(binary)
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
f
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
(binary)
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
(binary)
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
c
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
b
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
a
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
(binary)
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
(binary)
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.

500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
e
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
d
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
`
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
(binary)
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
(binary)
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
(binary)
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
(binary)
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
(binary)(binary)
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
(binary)20
500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
[/quote]

Anyone have any idea what I need to change? Has anyone gotten the Advanced FTP plugin running with FileZilla Server?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Damien

2

I put in a support request and Dr Greg offered to help. I ended up getting Gene6 FTP Server to work instead of FileZilla, and was going to use it but was having some difficulties, mainly with the connection timing out. Serv-U was worse for me, it timed out a good deal more and just genereally misbehaved. This morning I found a really simple server tool called freeSSHd which I'm going to use - its free and provides an SSH interface, which is more secure than FTP+SSL. And its free :slight_smile:

3

I don't have any SFTP accounts to try myself but I use the Opus for SSH file transfers all the time and it works great, so I hope you have more luck.

4

[quote]
nudel wrote:
I don't have any SFTP accounts to try myself but I use the Opus for SSH file transfers all the time and it works great, so I hope you have more luck.[/quote]
So far the SSH access has been rock solid for me, I'm very impressed. Unlike FTP-based systems it isn't adversed to keeping the session open for hours on end, which is a huge benefit for web development.

Thanks Jon & Dr Greg, I put in my order for two copies of the plugin today :slight_smile:

Damien