FTP 530 error when credentials are correct

Started by nax, February 15, 2011, 06:29:46 AM

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nax

I just did the upgrade to v2 RC5,  when reapplying some mods I was notified that some file permissions needed changing (My hosters also recently moved me to another server and I think "helpfully" changed permissions on my SMF installation to assist security).  When I tried using the SMF FTP option and entered my FTP credentials and pressed test connection I got a 530 Login Authentication failed.  The credentials are correct, they are what I use in my 3rd party FTP client.  the path to SMF was set at public_html/funforest and permissions on this directory are set to 777 (for now) that didn't work, I tried changing this path just to / this didn't work either.  I eventually did things manually via my 3rd party FTP client.  Can anyone tell me why the SMF FTP connection is failing?

kat

If you go to Admin>Packages>Options, what is the "FTPServer" showing as?

It's usually, though not always, simply "localhost".

nax

#2
it's localhost port 21

kat

Well...

As your host was the one that caused this, maybe they'll have some ideas, ay?

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