Chris Wilson Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Since "upgrading" to Windows XP from good old reliable 2000 I have had a lot of aggro with my FTP server. It uses a registered copy of Serv-U and it worked fine before XP I know that *some* people, including Googlebot log in, and grab files, but if I myself, from this same PC log on to ftp://ftp.chriswilson.tv/ I can't see anything, nor can a lot of other people. I used to get a directory structure. Can anyone reading this see the directories and files? I have Windows firewall off, and use the firewall in the Netgear router, which I am 99% sure is set to allow FTP access. I am well out of depth with this sort of stuff though How about if the link is to an actual file? Say ftp://ftp.chriswilson.tv/argo.jpg Ta! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 I can see the files and the individual picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Yup, seeing the files and the picture just fine... Have you tried using the filezilla client http://filezilla-project.org/ If it is on the local pc you are using, try ftp://localhost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 I can as well, and that is on my works computer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted September 28, 2009 Author Share Posted September 28, 2009 Yup, seeing the files and the picture just fine... Have you tried using the filezilla client http://filezilla-project.org/ If it is on the local pc you are using, try ftp://localhost The ftp://localhost works fine. Why's that then? Is it something to do with the HOSTS file? I am beginning to recall I had to either create it, or shove some string in it? I haven't done that since installing XP, need I fiddle with this? Thanks for the reports! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexM Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Modify your hosts file (located in %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\) and add 127.0.0.1 ftp.chriswilson.tv It'll probably look like this - # Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp. # # This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows. # # This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each # entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should # be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name. # The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one # space. # # Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual # lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol. # # For example: # # 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server # 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.0.1 ftp.chriswilson.tv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted September 28, 2009 Author Share Posted September 28, 2009 That's fixed it, thanks Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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