webdata

Forum: Apps
Topic: webdata
started by: jls legalize

Posted by jls legalize on Aug. 12 2005,13:44

webdata backup hangs when it says:
200 command port succesfully executed.
After some minutes both the shell win and the webdata win closes but data.des in the ftp server is 0 byte.

Using axyFTP I can tranfer files without problems.

Posted by jls legalize on Aug. 14 2005,14:27

I think if the webdata script could enable passive mode I could use it with my ftp server

Posted by jls legalize on Aug. 14 2005,15:50

this is my solution:
I modified /usr/bin/webdata adding this line:
write("passive\n")
after this line:
write("prompt\n")

Posted by roberts on Aug. 14 2005,18:04

What server are you trying to talk to, windows???
Has been working fine on the many unix/linux boxes that I use.
I know that there are issues when trying to talk to Windows.

Posted by jls legalize on Aug. 14 2005,18:58

I tryed several different providers:
ftp.angelfire.com
ftp.virtuale.org
ftp.utenti.lycos.it
ftp.tiscali.it
ftp.fortunecity.it
ftpserver.esmartdesign.com
freeftp.bravehost.com
altervista.org
ftpfree.tin.it

Posted by roberts on Aug. 14 2005,19:05

Interesting anglefire works for me and the testing group.
Will try your suggestion. Thanks for the feedback.

Posted by jls legalize on Aug. 14 2005,19:21

I tryied again ftp.angelfire.com with the original webdata script and it's not working while mine yes

Posted by ke4nt1 on Aug. 15 2005,00:43

I have no issues with the webdata backup at all ..
Works great for me ..

Here's a test account for folks to test both their service,
and inet connection with the webdata backup ..

The test backup file contains a damnsmall.jpg logo from the main webpage ..

Opening the webdata tool gives you a form with four fields ..

Use these lines to test..

FTP URL: ftp.angelfire.com
Login: linux/webdata
Password: webdata
Datakey: webdata

Click restore to download, unencrypt, and install a copy
of the damnsmall.jpg logo into your /home/dsl directory.

You can use the same data to upload to angelfire as well.
Doing so will replace the data.des file on ftp.angelfire.com
with the contents listed in your webdata.lst file.

73
ke4nt

Posted by roberts on Aug. 15 2005,17:27

I have added passive to the webdata script and works fine.
If this means that we enable even more users and sites to use this feature then that is great!
Thanks for the suggestion, jls legalize. Look for this in 1.5.

Posted by Goweropolis on Aug. 18 2005,03:43

Is it possible to select the connection port of the remote FTP server when running webdata backup/restore?

I tried putting ":[port number]" at the end of FTP URL, but that didn't seem to work.

If it's not available, may I humbly request it as an added feature?

Posted by cbagger01 on Aug. 18 2005,17:14

FYI,

Passive FTP is sometimes a requirement for FTP connections when you are sitting behind a firewall.

So this is probably why some users with complete unrestricted access to the Internet can connect to an FTP site with Active FTP, yet others will get a failure when using the exact same site because they are "protected" behind a firewall by their ISP.

In general, Passive is the preferred method for this reason (firewalls).

However, on some VERY old FTP servers, passive FTP is unsupported and active must be used.

So in my opinion, "passive" should be the default and maybe have a config/prompt for a switch to Active if required.