Talk:FAQ

Purpose of FAQ

The FAQ is to provide answers to common questions, not to ask questions. CodeSquid 13:39, 25 July 2007 (CEST)

i have installed an ftp server on my pc. when i connect to my pc with another pc it's ok he detect that is an ftp connection when i connect to my pc with a mac it's not ok. i don't have the premission to put file on it i'm using the same account for the pc and for the mac.

Documentation needed on which FTP commands are supported

For example, I need to know if FZS supports the STOU command, but I have found no such list or discussion.

You could use the HELP command to get a list of all known commands. --CodeSquid 20:53, 28 September 2007 (CEST)

How to use behind a firewall

Filezilla 3.0.1 appears not to provide any support for FTP proxies. A FAQ should be answered as to why an official release doesn't support this feature.

Regarding a passive-mode FTP server behind a firewall

When the client requests PASV mode, the server responds back with a PORT command, such as, "227 Entering Passive Mode (127,0,0,1,78,52)". In order for passive mode to work properly, the passive mode response needs to contain the FTP server's PRIVATE IP address. Your "passive mode settings" window suggests this should be the external/public IP address. The private IP address assists the firewall's nat proxy in maintaining the connection across network address translation. Many FTP NAT proxies will drop the 227 passive mode response, if the public IP address is sent in the 227 message.

FileZilla server and dinamic IP address

In the chapter that talks about the server behind a firewall, it tells "you can also choose to retrieve the ip address from a website". Can anybody describe what content expects FileZilla server from the external website? Some concrete syntax to recognize the correct IP string? (the external website can show various IP informations)

FAQ page locked

The FAQ page is locked, this prevents friendly people helping keep it up to date, eg (see General FAQ #3)

FileZilla 3 has now been released for all platforms on 2007-10-17 (version FileZilla 3.0.2). Current version is now 3.0.4.1 (2007-11-27).

Questions

Has anyone figured out how to import old sitemanager settings [filezilla.xml] to filezilla 3 on vista? please share the knowledge!

• export the settings from FileZilla2 using File | Site Manager then in the window that opens select File | Export
• see here for how to import the settings or visit the forum.

Please use the forums (http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/forum) to ask questions. The talk pages are purely to discuss the content of these pages, not for support questions.

Perhaps a wiki is also a good forum to ask questions?

Use the forums to ask questions, keep the wiki to provide concrete solutions. --CodeSquid 01:32, 30 October 2007 (CET)

I want to add a FAQ

FAQ: I am having trouble transferring log files. I get an error "550 can't access file." on both the server interface and the FTP client.

Answer: Often log files are locked for writing by the process that they are logging. In order to transfer this type of file, open the Server Options, go to the Miscellaneous node, and select "Allow downloading of files which are open for writing by another process"

It probably isn't a FAQ, but the FAQ is the only server documentation you have so far.

Fulfills the AQ part of FAQ, but certainly not the F one. Seen this question for the first time now. --CodeSquid 02:25, 22 November 2007 (CET)

Better overview for FAQ

Hi, it's the first time I visit this FAQ. The first thing I noticed is that there is no index. I think an Index would give an better overview, and I don't need to search for informations in the details of the FAQ-text. regards Antonio.

Robert07's comments on the FAQ

• Thanks so much to the dev team and all the support folks for making a wonderful piece of software complete with forums and wiki!

• FileZilla Client FAQ question #5 is about where settings are stored. From my own experience just now, in WinXP there are several .xml files and they're located under %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\FileZilla, not under the directory FileZilla installs into. And for me that's a problem because it complicates automated installs and uninstalls.

• General FAQ question #3 is about what "FileZilla 3" is. It says that it is in Beta. But I saw nothing through the download process saying that v3 is in beta and I don't see links to v2 anywhere. Also, the standard help-shortcut (F1) doesn't bring up any help and, a little ironically, under the "Help" pull down menu there is no help. And there are no .hlp or .chm help files included that I can find. So it does "feel" like it's still in beta in that sense.

I don't get it

How do I add files to my server? For instance, I want to create an FTP server to prove Linux ISOs to the computers on my LAN. However, I don't see any option that allows me to add files. I don't even understand how this thing works. Is this program fully developed? I'm using Filezilla server, but it looks more like a client. I see now. It's Edit > Users/Groups. A picture would be nice. Perhaps something that actually tells me about adding files. I mean, seriously, it's a server. Why not tell people how to serve files instead of this "alias" junk.

Question : how do I set the proxy?

I have a proxy address I use in the browsers http://aaa.bbb.ccc:80 but no idea how to set it in the 'FTp Proxy' section of the client.

Aliases: FAQ answers the "explanation" in FZ server

Time and again I tried to follow the explanation in the product e.g. 0.9.25 beta and never managed to get it to work (it suggests you use c:\pub\somedir). Putting in an alias of /FOO created the link folder just fine. Thankyou FAQ.