Re: FN-FORUM strange ftp behaviour

date posted 15th June 2002 09:47

You don't say what message you got when you tried to delete the file.
Check your security settings and make sure you have applied at least sp1 .
WinXP Home is a black art, but Pro is just 200 with a few bells and
whistles. I suspect it has nothing to do with FTP at all and plenty to do
with file ownership. The concept of permissions and ownership is much the
same as Unix or VMS. If it's Pro, an Administrator can take ownership of the
file and delete it. If it is on a remote share, you must have sufficient
permissions on the share as well as on the file--it's usual to control
access with file permissions and leave shares open BTW. I have absolutely no
interest in Home (or ME) so I can't help there.

You don't even need an extra FTP program (check that the ones you are using
run on XP, if they were written for 95, they probably don't), you can just
use Explorer or type at the command line just like the good old days.
Transfer problems sound more like a crap connection than anything else, but
if you are using a personal firewall, including the XP one, you might need
to set passive mode for FTP (you _sometimes_ have to do this with cable and
ADSL modems also) The article on support.microsoft.com about troubleshooting
Internet connections in XP is Q314095; the article on the XP firewall is
Q320855.

Kathy
Who remembers how difficult it all was before Windows.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pierre Karadia" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 1:59 AM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM strange ftp behaviour


> Well for a start you made a huge mistake.....
>
> .... installing windows!!!!, ;)
>
> you chose the dark side, young luke!!
>
> "XP=xtra perspiration" I agree and for the most part it looks like
> Steve Jobs does too have you seen the new campaign.???
>
> 'switch'
>
> www.apple.com
>
> just to rub it in!!!
>
> P. ;)
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I've recently installed XP and it's been one bug after another.
> >Now I'm having trouble getting my ftp to work.
> >To try and solve the problem I've installed, cuteftp beta 5 XP, cuteftp
pro
> >and wsftp Pro all trial versions.
> >
> >One particular file, on a client site, I was using to test the connection
> >cannot now be overwritten, deleted or renamed. Although transfer
> >seems normal with other files now.
> >
> >On my own site uploading a simple 7k jpg fails, loading around
> >5k, after a number of attempts in which the program disconnects
> >and reconnecting to the server.
> >
> >It now looks like the pro versions of the above software
> >has caused the problems with the non deletable file.
> >As ascii transfer seems to be working fine now with cuteftp XP.
> >But non of the programs will allow me to upload jpg's or delete
> >the partly uploaded jpgs that result from my attempts.
> >File transfer was set to auto and I've also tried setting it manually
with
> >no change.
> >
> >Any help much appreciated.
> >
> >Darren
> >
> >XP=xtra perspiration
>