UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I want to be able to connect from my UNIX box to my Windows box via FTP. I am able to succesfully connect to my Windows box via FTP as anonymous, however I can not navigate directories. Issuing the followings commands provides no help:

cd c:\
cd c:
Both return with "c:: The filename, directory name or volume label syntax is incorrect."

c:
Returns "Invalid command"

dir
ls -al
Both return nothing.

When I tried to login as administrator, I received the following error:
"User administrator cannot login.
Login failed"

Nevertheless, shouldn't it be possible to navigate while logged in as anonymous?

What commands do you issue once you've established an FTP connection to a Windows box?

Hi,

FTP is a standard TCP protocol... you use the same commands, no matter what OS are you using... there's no such thing as "c:", you must configure your FTP server to be able to access the files you want...

Yes, FTP commands are the same for any platform, so doesn't matter if you are using a Windows or a Unix FTP server.
Here is a link with the basic FTP commands:

http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/dat...n/ftp_com.html

Make sure that you gives the right permissions to directories on the FTP server.
Makes your life easier with and FTP server software, there are hundreds for free on the net.

I just ftp'ed to an NT server. When I did a "pwd", I seemed to be in /. I'm not sure if all NT ftp environments are like that. But the "pwd" command might be a good place to start.

ftp servers dont use the windows drive letters.
they use mount points.

you will have to check with your FTP admin to see what ftp directories he has mounted to what drives\folders on the NT machine.

to get a list of commands for that specific ftp server once you login you can type a "?" or the word "help" and it should display the commands avaliable to you.

Apparently, as Optimus mentioned, the directories for FTP have to be set up. By default, when you FTP into a Win2k box you are in the C:\Inetpub\ftproot directory. Issuing a pwd at this point simply indicates "/". Additionally, if there aren't any files in that directory or other FTP directories haven't been setup, issuing a ls will return nothing.

Thanks for the replies.