FTP question

[bubba]

ftp://ftp.mysite.com

When I request an FTP page in Firefox I get the password prompt and can enter the proper user and pass and access the files but when I try the same thing in IE it gives me an error. "The page cannot be displayed"

Is there any way to get the password prompt to appear in IE?

Thanks,
b

[Brangwyn]

Check your IE Security settings..

Having said that, I really recommend you don't use browsers for FTP full stop, use a real FTP program and you'll have many less problems and be able to take advantage of things like FTP Compression, and transfer restarts etc.

[mresell]

I second that. Actually as a reseller you should be using sftp.

[pronx]

you can put ftp://USER:PASSWORD@ftp.mysite.com

[Vidvandre]

Originally Posted by pronx

you can put ftp://USER:PASSWORD@ftp.mysite.com

Having usernames and passwords in the URI might be quick and convenient, but it isn't a good idea at all when thinking about security. Consider that this more easily reveals them to the outside world, makes them available in logs etc. I'd strongly advice against connecting to http/ftp servers using this method...

On a side note; Don't know what United Online Web Services Inc (owner of mysite.com) think about their domain name being used for examples like the one above. They're probably really happy for the link love or really, really tired of reading their error logs (or possibly a combination of the two)...

Originally posted at WikiPedia
example.com, example.net, and example.org are second-level domain names reserved (by RFC 2606, Section 3) for use in documentation as examples. They are not available for registration. By reserving these, IANA made available domains to use in manuals and sample software configurations. Thus, documentation writers can be sure to pick a domain that won't inconvenience anyone if end-users try to use the sample configurations or examples as-is.

Edit: Removed automatically linked URI's...

Originally Posted by Brangwyn

Check your IE Security settings..
Having said that, I really recommend you don't use browsers for FTP full stop, use a real FTP program and you'll have many less problems and be able to take advantage of things like FTP Compression, and transfer restarts etc.

If you don't have permissions to install stuff, or just like extensions, here's a decent FTP client module for mozilla/firefox

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/684/