Change Port on "Connect to Server"

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Change Port on "Connect to Server"

Basically in a nutshell, I can' connect to my server no problem, and login, but all my files have the permission set to "read-only".

I contacted my server host and they told me to login through the "Connect to Server" diolog box using the credentials of the root user. That did not work. I went back and told them that and they told me it may be an issue of it trying to connect on Port 22, rather then Port 21 and to come to the Apple forums and ask how to fix that. They unfortunately only provide support for windows related questions.

So here I am... anyone have any ideas?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Feb 3, 2014 7:29 PM

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lmf_

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Feb 3, 2014 7:40 PM in response to mattbettiol

What protocol are you trying to connect with?

port 21 is the default port for FTP a file sharing protocol.

port 22 is the default port for SSH a remote command line access protocol. SSH can also be used for SFTP, (ssh file sharing protocol).

If remote access for the root user is disabled sftp and ssh will not work(often root access via ssh is used as a security measure).

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mattbettiol Author

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Feb 3, 2014 7:48 PM in response to lmf_

This is how I am connecting.

ftp://username@serverip.com//username@serverip.com

When I do that, it works. But all the files are only read-only.

I am in talks with my server admin right now, he has some sgguestions. I will keep this post updated.

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