Re: Firefox FTP problem (Solved)

[Helena Carlsson <hlncarlsson yahoo se>]

 --- Jonathan Berry <berryja gmail com> skrev: 
> On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 23:47:35 +0100 (CET), Helena
> Carlsson
> <hlncarlsson yahoo se> wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > Maybe it is not the proper mail-list for this
> > question, but I am asking it because Firefox is
> > releasing with FC3. Firefox can not login and
> browse a
> > FTP server. When I enter ftp address in firefox's
> > address bar it just says Begining FTP
> transaction...
> > and then a window appears: 530 login incorrect.
> Any
> > help ?
> > 
> > Helena
> 
> Do you have to login to the FTP server to which you
> are trying to
> connect?  


Yes. Thats obvious.


> If so, you need to do something extra,
> probably.  Can you
> connect to it with a command line FTP program?  If
> you need to login
> with a username, try entering this in the address
> bar:
> ftp://username ftp-server com/


Yes with this format it works. Thanks.


> If necessary, you will be prompted for a password. 
> Perhaps the FTP
> server requires some simple password for user
> "anonymous" which is
> used if no username is specified (ie like
> ftp://ftp-server.com/) 
> Which FTP server are you trying to connect to?
> 
> Jonathan
> 

The FTP server is VSFTPD and it doesn't allow
anonymous users.