How to FTP in Windows XP Pro

[muthabored]

Hello, All!

I've agreed to assist a friend with occasional updates to her website. I know where her website is being hosted but in order to access it to make changes, I need to be able to FTP into it. Is there a utility built into XP (some sort of Windows component) that I can install? Is there another program that anyone can recommend that I can use? Once I've got said program/component installed (I have her username and password and the FTP servers that are hosting her site), will it be difficult to access?

Thanks in advance

 

[mynameisbrian]

Hmmmm, How bout ftp at a the command prompt.

 

[wolluf]

http://www.thefreesite.com/Free_Software/FTP_freeware/?

Used to be a good free one (for qualifying category users) called WS FTP LE - but I think they've withdrawn it & only sell the commercial version now.

You can as brian says just run ftp from a command prompt, but its usually easier with a nice GUI interface.

 

[muthabored]

wolluf/mynameisbrian:

Once I bring up FTP via a command prompt, where do I go from there?

 

[smah]

You can also use IE. Just put the ftp address in IE's address bar. You will probably need to go to File, Login as...

 

[muthabored]

Hello, Smah:

I'm using IE 6.0 but I don't see an option for "Login As" under the File menu. Thank you for your reply.

 

[thefourthwall]

have you done any work in this area ... like, ftp /? or Start>Help>FTP ??

 

[jrbarnett]

This is how I do it from the command line:

Open a command prompt and change to the folder on your hard drive where the files are located. type FTP <return> then run the commands one line at a time and wait for the server to respond before typing the next command.

open <name of upload site> <RETURN>
username <RETURN>
password <RETURN>
cd <path> <RETURN>
binary <RETURN>
put filename <RETURN>
close <RETURN>
quit <RETURN>

You should be returned to the command prompt here.
Note that some FTP sites restrict the addresses that are allowed FTP upload access to the site.

John

 

[LloydSev]

here..

open your web browser and type in

ftp://usernameassword@host.name.com/

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[LloydSev]

that didn't work to well... tried to parse the link...

ok..

ftp:// usernameassword @ host.name.com /

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CCNA

 

[muthabored]

LloydSev:

Pardon my ignorance but I'm assuming that I need to put the actual username and password where you have "usernameassword". If so, I tried that but it doesn't work (I receive "This Page Cannot Be Displayed").

Thanks for your help

 

[rrsub]

Best free FTP client : FileZilla from

http://filezilla.sf.net

FTP from command line:

ftp <url> or

c:\ftp

ftp> open <url>
- will automatically do the next
ftp> username: <username>
ftp> password: <password>
-- or you can specify a username
ftp> user <username>
-- then password will follow

-next set local directory where local files are
ftp> lcd c:\<directory>
- get directory listing from ftp
ftp>dir
-- If server is unix compatible use (ls) -better and shows permissions
ftp> ls
-change directory
ftp> cd <directory>
-upload a file from LCD
ftp>put <file>
-download a file from FTP site
ftp>get <file>
-close connection
ftp>bye

 

[smah]

There are numerous freeware/shareware FTP client software as well as the command-line and IE. In IE, the 'log-in as' won't be available until after you access the ftp server.

 

[muthabored]

Smah:

That's the problem. I can't figure out HOW to access the FTP server via IE/Mozilla. I suspect I'm entering in the wrong syntax. I have, however, figured out how to access it via a command prompt in XP but I'd rather use a GUI to get to what I need.

 

[rrsub]

IE has a FTP client built in.
Mozilla has a read only FTP client browser built in.
Firefox has a FTP client available as an extention.

That said...

To use IE's FTP client:
in the url -> ftp://ftp.site.com

place your pointer over the body of the browser and right click (or Shift + F10) and select 'Login as...' then enter your username/password

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For Mozilla/Firefox:

You can pass your username/password through the URL:

ftp://usernameassword@ftp.site.com



You used to be able to pass username/password in the URL in IE but this method was used as a URL spoof scheme for phishing bank information and Microsoft diabled support for it.