Help for classicmac

[rande]

I understand we need classicmac to get to ftp sites.
We have a site set up on one of our computers and it seems our clients
need classicmac to access it. I've downloaded the software and can't get
it to work. When I drag a file to the site it says it can't be modified.

thanks

[Lukas Engqvist]

Sorry didn't understand is "classicmac" an ftp program? there are lotts of ftp programs for mac.
Usually on the ftp programs the problem is if you have a server requiring passive ftp, and you forget to click the setting.
I use RBrowser, works fine know there are others like fetch, transmit and a firefox plugg called fireftp just to mention a few.

[buckeye]

Did you try using Safari? If you have the username, password and address try the following format.

ftp://Username:Password@address

Erik

[rande]

I don't know what you mean by passive ftp, is that a prefs setting?
I tried the user..etc in safari; same thing.
I can get to it just can't drop files on; "can't modify"
Any other ideas?


thanks for the responses.

[Hopkins Printing]

I understand we need classicmac to get to ftp sites.
We have a site set up on one of our computers and it seems our clients
need classicmac to access it. I've downloaded the software and can't get
it to work. When I drag a file to the site it says it can't be modified.

thanks

Hi Rande. Is the site on a Mac? PC? Server?

Kind regards,
Jon Morgan
Hopkins Printing

[Lukas Engqvist]

If the site uses Passive FTP, which is common in older sites then in your client FTP software you will have a checkbox:
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Sometimes not being able to cnnect can be firewalls disabeling ftp.

[rande]

Its on a PC server.
And the client is coming from a Mac, and as far as I know macs
don't have firewall.
We had an IT company set it up and they're telling me that
Mac users need this classicmac to get in.
I was trying to figure it out myself; they might charge.
thanks for the responses
any other ideas would be nice.

[Lukas Engqvist]

If you like me to try and send me a test account I can tell you if the IT people are right or wrong, my guess is they are wrong, which means one could question their proficiency. (if you like mail me off forum)
I do not know of any FTP configuration that would require classic mac.
The macs do have firewalls, but I mean just ordinary hardware firewalls that are a normal part of company infrastructure.
It would be simple to test just take a windows machine and connect it to the same TCPIP soccet and see if you can connect, if not then the operating system is not the issue.

[ajr]

sounds like an IT company that doesn;t like macs (understand them). I have this problem all the time

ajr

[Joe]

I don't know what you mean by passive ftp, is that a prefs setting?
I tried the user..etc in safari; same thing.
I can get to it just can't drop files on; "can't modify"
Any other ideas?


thanks for the responses.

It sounds like a permissions problem. You have to log in as a user that has been granted read and write access. If you are logging in via Safari you can't. It logs in as read only. You can copy from it but not to it. Download Cyberduck and have a go at it.

Cyberduck | FTP, SFTP, WebDAV & Amazon S3 Browser for Mac OS X.