FTP Question

[MrPolite]

I shared two root drives on my ftp, C: and D: and running ServU as my server. With flashFXP I can just type in the drive letter and change the drive. But when I use internet explorer to connect, servU automatically connects me to one of the drives and I have no idea how to change it
I tried ftp://servername/d: but that didnt work. any clues?

[visualAd]

When you set up an ftp server you create the root directory which is the default directory that the server will go to when you connect.

You can then create virtual directoies under the root directrry which point to other directories on the file system.

I'm not sure how your FTP software works so I can't really do much more to help. But is it wise to share and entire drive??

[MrPolite]

Originally posted by visualAd
But is it wise to share and entire drive??

well the password is 16 characters and I connect via SSL so I guess its secure enough I need to have access to all my files you know


anyways I thought there was a standard for changing drive letters. I can use virtual folders and such, but I'm gussing there is a standard way to change a drive on an ftp (I'm saying this because FlashFXP lets me change the drive and apparently it works with ServU)

[visualAd]

I am not all that clued up on FTP. However I do know that both FTP and SFTP provide a way of executing system commands.

From RFC2477:

Remote Command Execution

An optional FTP extension, "SITE EXEC", allows clients to execute
arbitrary commands on the server. This feature should obviously
be implemented with great care. There are several documented
cases of the FTP "SITE EXEC" command being used to subvert server
security [CERT94:08] [CERT95:16]

This maybe what your FTP client is using to change to a different drive. Internet Explorer is a more basic FTP client and probably does not support this.

Your best bet would be to ceate a virtual directory for each drive under your root directory - this will ensure that you can see them when you use internet explorer to connect.

I think your best bet however is to use your FTP client which connects via SSL. I don't think Internet Explorer supports secure FTP - I think that whenever you connect to a site like ftp://ftp.ftp.com it is using normal FTP.

[MrPolite]

Originally posted by visualAd
I am not all that clued up on FTP. However I do know that both FTP and SFTP provide a way of executing system commands.

From RFC2477:


This maybe what your FTP client is using to change to a different drive. Internet Explorer is a more basic FTP client and probably does not support this.

Your best bet would be to ceate a virtual directory for each drive under your root directory - this will ensure that you can see them when you use internet explorer to connect.

I think your best bet however is to use your FTP client which connects via SSL. I don't think Internet Explorer supports secure FTP - I think that whenever you connect to a site like ftp://ftp.ftp.com it is using normal FTP.

thanks a lot for the info makes a lot of more sense now. I think I should vote for microsoft so they would implement a built-in ftp program into windows so this way they can get sued by ftp companies as well for having a monopoly over ftp client software