Accessing FTP sites from Safari on the iPhone

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MichaelKat Author

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Accessing FTP sites from Safari on the iPhone

Has anyone had any success accessing an FTP site using the iPhone? If so, what might I be doing wrong?

Posted on Jul 12, 2007 8:28 PM

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Answer 1

MichaelKat Author

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Jul 16, 2007 8:36 PM in response to MichaelKat

With VPN access as one of the features of the iPhone, you can make a VPN connection to an internal server and then use FTP to browse documents on your local network. It would be useful to be able to look up a file and read it, even though you couldn't edit it.

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Answer 2

PTBoater

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Jul 13, 2007 6:54 AM in response to stephen_42

This is true - FTP is pointless without file access.

But it does remind me of a cool feature I will be posting on the feedback page...

Wouldn't it be COOL if I could take pictures and have an option to upload them to a website directly from my iPhone? Maybe using some sort of FTP functionality I could define a folder somewhere where my pics get uploaded and someone can use a browser to access the folder and see the pics...

One can dream...

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Answer 3

Jul 12, 2007 8:38 PM in response to MichaelKat

I have not tried... Why would you want to get into an FTP site, since you cannot upload or download any files? I do not see the point...

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