Prefrontal Cortex ([info]chrononinja) wrote in [info]macosx,
@ 2008-04-10 04:54:00
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FTP Servers
Hey, sup. [info]circlemeats brought me here because I am a proud owner of a Powerbook G4, running the 10.5.1 version, as of a month ago. :D

That said, my two and a half year old Acer Aspire laptop (Which ran Windows XP) just blew a kernel and I am obviously unable to access my FTP server at ftp://ultimachocobo86.superwailingbonus.com/
Though, from what I found out today, I am able to access said server on the Powerbook, but as a text-only session.

The thing I'm used to is just to log into the FTP through Internet Exploder and a window would open up with a set of folders that you could drag content into to upload onto the 'net. But even with an installation of Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera, as well as using Safari came up shortended and just with the text-only pages.

My question is this: Do I have to install a dedicated FTP client in order to properly access the server, or am I doomed to have to use a file sharing website for uploads?


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[info]lillyflowers
2008-04-10 11:54 am UTC (link)
Finder -> Go -> Connect to server, or Apple + K in the Finder. Or, you could install something like CuteFTP or Cyberduck.

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[info]chrononinja
2008-04-10 05:50 pm UTC (link)
Cyberduck worked! Thanks.

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[info]beelsebob
2008-04-10 12:46 pm UTC (link)
The comment above is right in that you can connect to an ftp server with Finder. Unfortunately, it's read only. You can however get yourself read/write ftp in Finder using MacFUSE. The user interface can be improved substantially with MacFusion.

Hope that helps.

Bob

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[info]chrononinja
2008-04-10 05:57 pm UTC (link)
I tried to install MacFUSE and it sorta... disappeared. I couldn't find it anywhere and Fusion wouldn't validate because of something weird with Fuse, like an outdated program or whatever it was.

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[info]haaz
2008-04-10 12:58 pm UTC (link)
being an old school type, I like to do FTP via Terminal, which is kept in either the Applications folder or Utilities folder.

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[info]chrononinja
2008-04-10 05:58 pm UTC (link)
Through a command prompt? I'm not really savvy with prompts, though I'm sorta curious as to how that actually works.

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[info]haaz
2008-04-10 07:01 pm UTC (link)
oh, okay. well, fire up Terminal... if it works like a UNIX FTP server, this will work. I've never knowingly logged into a Windows server.

What I'm talking about is more interactive than the file list that I see via Firefox, but NOT drag+drop. Far from it; this is pre-GUI stuff.

To log in to your FTP server, type in

ftp ftp.ultimachocobo86.superwailingbonus.com

It will ask for your user name and then a password. Type those in and hit Return...

when you're in, type "ls" (no quotes), and it will spit a long list of all the files. if you see one you want, type "get filename"; typing "mget name" will download multiple files that match a name pattern.

Good luck!

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[info]chrononinja
2008-04-10 07:05 pm UTC (link)
Oh, dear. So, it's like a DOS based file server?
I've never actually worked with coding lines, but I'll give it a shot when I have some free time.

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[info]haaz
2008-04-10 07:58 pm UTC (link)
It's UNIX, which predates DOS by decades. :) BSD UNIX is at the core of Mac OS X, though you never have to see it (unless you want to).

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