Safari and FTP

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Tytan77 Author

Level 1

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Safari and FTP

Safari 6.0.2

OS X 10.8.2

I typed:

ftp://xx@domainname.com:password@domainname.com//xx@domainname.com:password@domainname.com

onto Safari, and hit enter. Safari can't open page.

Using Chrome and Firefox, i was able to access the ftp contents on their browser windows.

I then tried:

ftp://xx%40domainname.com:password@domainname.compassword@domainname.com

on Safari. This time a window opens up with the option of connecting as Guest or Registered User. I've tried both, but neither worked.

Kindly help/advise.

Thank you.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Feb 10, 2013 4:04 PM

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Answer 1

andyBall_uk

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20,516 points

Feb 11, 2013 4:48 AM in response to Tytan77

safari doesn't browse ftp, it hands it off to Finder or whatever app is the default.

direct links to files rather than directories should open or download in Safari (do here on 5.1.7)

eg:

ftp://anonymous:guest@jaguar.ncsl.nist.gov/ftp-instruct.txt

should open in Safari, whereas

ftp://anonymous:guest@jaguar.ncsl.nist.gov/

opens a Finder window

Message was edited by: andyBall_uk to (hopefully) fix mangled ftp addresses

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Answer 2

Tytan77 Author

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Feb 11, 2013 5:12 AM in response to andyBall_uk

Thank you Andy.

I tried the "direct links to files" method you mentioned, but still no go on my Safari.

On Firefox, it worked fine though.

When i tried a ftp link that links to directories, on Safari, it hands it off to Finder, but when i typed in the username and password, they are not accepted.

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Answer 3

andyBall_uk

Level 7

20,516 points

Feb 11, 2013 12:34 PM in response to Tytan77

I checked the above examples in 10.8.2 & 6.0.2 & they worked as described - not for you?

if not, test in another user account

if those work, and not others, is the format is identical ? (note that user & password didn't work if contained the @ symbol when I tested)

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Answer 4

Jun 5, 2013 8:46 AM in response to Tytan77

I actually couldn't get it to open on finder. It would open on Firefox and I didn't know how to make Fidner the default app for this.

So I tried something different and it worked... I went to the icon of Finder and right-clicked. it shows 'conect to server' from there I entered the same I was etnering into Safari and it conected to the folders.

I mean I guess it is a shortcut.

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