Connecting to FTPD with a Web Browser

[Fernando RUIZ CASAS]

On Sat, 29 May 2004 08:24:33 -0500, Charles Steaderman wrote:

> 
> Quoting Steve Strobel <steve at link-comm.com>:
> 
> > We are working on a user interface for updating the firmware on our product. 
> > We have FTPD working and a routine that will take the received file and store
> > in the MicroMonitor's TFS (flash file system).  That works great when using a
> > standard FTP client (we have been using the command-line version included
> > with W2K).  We are testing it with a modified version of httpdemo.
> > 
> > Since many people are not comfortable with a command line interface, we hoped
> > to use a web browser or maybe Windows Explorer as the FTP client.  For some
> > reason, though we can get either of them to connect to FTPD, they won't
> > display the files from the in-memory file system.  The "ls" command does work
> > from the command-line FTP client.  Occasionally we get some kind of error
> > message about "cwd".  While it is true that FTPD doesn't seem to support
> > "cwd" even from the command line client (it does support "pwd"), both IE and
> > Windows Explorer will show the files on a different FTP server we have access
> > to that doesn't support "cwd" either.  Can anyone suggest why IE and Windows
> > Explorer won't display the files?
> > 
> > If we do get the above problem solved, I would expect that uploading files
> > with Windows Explorer would work normally (enter ftp://192.168.0.24 or
> > something like that as the filename, if you need a password, go to the file
> > menu and select "Logon As" and enter it, then paste files from the Windows
> > clipboard into the directory on the FTP server).  Does anyone know if it is
> > possible to upload files using a web browser in a similar way?  Web browsers
> > don't have a "Logon As" menu option, nor a way to cut and paste files.  
> 
> I use the syntax:
> ftp://username@192.168.0.24
> InternetExplorer will then prompt you for a password.
> > 

You have also a menu item posibility to 'login as' only if a ftp session is open
in Windows Internet explorer.
With this a cut & paste ftp session is opened without additional client software.
I use this to let up/download.
I don't know if rtems FTPD lets it but it seems that it hasn't reason.

BRGDS

> > Ideally, what I would like to do is use the GoAhead web server to provide a
> > page that the user could connect to with his web browser.  That page would
> > have a link to get the latest firmware from our web site (so he could
> > download it to his PC), then another button that would let him transfer that
> > file to our unit using FTPD.
> > 
> > Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
> > 
> > Steve
> > 
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> > Steve Strobel
> > Link Communications, Inc.
> > 1035 Cerise Rd
> > Billings, MT 59101-7378
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> > 
> > 
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> Charlie Steaderman
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> VP Engineering
> Poliac Research Corporation
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