FTP logon with Firefox

[puggit]

When I try to connect to my FTP site I get Alert - 530 Login incorrect message.

But I can't see where to set the logon credentials, and there's no search in the help

Any ideas?

[steve-p]

One way that works in Mozilla (so I assume will work in Firefox) is to include your id in the URL e.g. ftp://[e-mail] and then you should get a password dialog.

[puggit]

Top looking tip - I shall try tonight, thanks

[squirrelz]

Or even ftp://userid:[e-mail]/

[steve-p]

squirrelz said:

Or even ftp://userid:[e-mail]/

Nobody in their right mind would include their password in a URL!

[puggit]

ftp://[e-mail] worked nicely - thanks

[squirrelz]

steve-p said:

squirrelz said: Or even ftp://userid:[e-mail]/ Nobody in their right mind would include their password in a URL!

Go on then, convince me why?

The ftp protocol sends the userid and password in the clear anyway.
The browser converts this into an ftp conversation, so it doesnt show up in any proxy server logs.
As the page loads, the browser converts the password into ***'s.

The only possible risk is from someone reading over your shoulder as you're typing it in.

[steve-p]

squirrelz said:

The only possible risk is from someone reading over your shoulder as you're typing it in.

Or using the browser's history, or the autocomplete in the URL box.

[squirrelz]

I've tried it on IE6 and Mozilla Firefox, and neither of those things work on IE6, but both do on Firefox
So, fair point, although, if security on something is that important, you shouldnt be using FTP anyway.

>> Edited by squirrelz on Friday 7th May 15:32

[anonymous-user]

squirrelz said:

I've tried it on IE6 and Mozilla Firefox, and neither of those things work on IE6, but both do on Firefox

There was a recent update to IE that killed this. It was because a lot of spammers/con artists were using it to trick people with urls like:

[e-mail]/

So numpties thought they were going to microsoft, but were going to a bad, naughty site.

It buggered up half the bloody single sign on on our site

If security's a worry, I believe you can do FTP over SSH.

[steve-p]

LexSport said:

If security's a worry, I believe you can do FTP over SSH.

On linux/cygwin, you can use sftp which is a combination of ftp and ssh. However I think we might be straying away from the purpose of the original question.