ftp transfer

I have finally gotten 2 linux machines to let me log onto the one that is
the ftp server. When I try to copy a file from the left or right window I
get file skipped with no copy.What am I doing wrong?

thudd wrote:
> I have finally gotten 2 linux machines to let me log onto the one that is
> the ftp server. When I try to copy a file from the left or right window I
> get file skipped with no copy.What am I doing wrong?

Any messages in the log window?

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 16:05:45 -0600, thudd wrote:

> I have finally gotten 2 linux machines to let me log onto the one that is
> the ftp server. When I try to copy a file from the left or right window I
> get file skipped with no copy.What am I doing wrong?

Have you checked file permissions? May not be permitted for the FTP client
to transfer that particular file.

"mj" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> thudd wrote:

> Any messages in the log window?
I get connecting, skipped failed to open file, and file skipped. I am
confused on the passwords and users on the two machines.

thudd wrote:
> "mj" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:btsica$i6d$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>thudd wrote:
>
>
>>Any messages in the log window?
>
> I get connecting, skipped failed to open file, and file skipped. I am
> confused on the passwords and users on the two machines.

Is there already a file with the same name on the target machine (ted, I
assume)? If so, then do you have read/write access to it with the
username you've used to log on to the target machine? Normally, if this
happens, gftp will ask if you want to skip the file or overwrite it. I
don't actually know from experience what happens if there is no
read/write access, but what else could gftp do than skip the file?

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 17:28:58 -0600, thudd <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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>
>
> "mj" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:btsica$i6d$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> thudd wrote:
>
>> Any messages in the log window?
> I get connecting, skipped failed to open file, and file skipped. I am
> confused on the passwords and users on the two machines.
>
>

Usually you would have the ftp server running in daemon-mode or from inetd
on the one box, then access it with an ftp client on the other. The password
and username, if you have not set up the server to accept anonymous logins,
would need to be supplied on the client's commandline or from a file with
them in it.


The server (and which one are you using?) would need to be configured to
allow whatever operations you want the client to perform, too. Some
servers don't even allow files to be uploaded to them...

AC

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 17:27:57 -0600, wesley wrote:

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 16:05:45 -0600, thudd wrote:

> I have finally gotten 2 linux machines to let me log onto the one that
> is the ftp server. When I try to copy a file from the left or right
> window I get file skipped with no copy.What am I doing wrong?

Have you checked file permissions? May not be permitted for the FTP client
to transfer that particular file.

thudd wrote:
> "mj" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:btsica$i6d$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>thudd wrote:
>
>
>>Any messages in the log window?
>
> I get connecting, skipped failed to open file, and file skipped. I am
> confused on the passwords and users on the two machines.

Is there already a file with the same name on the ftp server? If so,
then do you have read/write access to it with the username you've used
to log on to the server? Normally, if this happens, gftp will ask if you
want to skip the file or overwrite it. I don't actually know from
experience what happens if there is no read/write access, but what else
could gftp do than skip the file?