Q: Latest TC 7.7.7 FTP problem

FTP might be used internally in the TC. The Apple airports have long had FTP issues.. this is nothing new.

Since FTP is not secure Apple is probably discouraging its use.. Use SFTP instead. Or set to a different port and manually port translate it through the TC to your OSX server. But it might still have issues.

For normal FTP you would do better keeping FTP locally set to port 21. But you can use 1023 or 2121 as the public port.

FTP is more complex than generally understood. It will depend on the particular client you use what ports need to be opened. This is a problem from long ago.

http://slacksite.com/other/ftp.html

SFTP uses SSH so will use port 22.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_File_Transfer_Protocol

Thinking about your issue .. perhaps you would do better logging into the OSX server using VPN. Since server has VPN server available and Mac and almost every OS out there now has VPN client it should work.

http://krypted.com/tag/configure-mac-os-x-server-as-a-vpn-server/

VPN can take a bit of work to setup .. and I generally recommend people use VPN capable routers rather than on a server inside the network.. but it can work well and the setup of the TC may work automagically.

Im a web designer

im having the same problem, can't connect to any ftp.( can actually connect, but Failed to retrieve directory listing)

The only solution i found is to change the connection to SFTP.

Use a guest login.. not your own username and password which you don't want to pass onto other people anyway.

All the computer users have a public account. You should be able to put files into the public account and access it with any login and remotely. Same as you would in a LAN.

Note that I do not use Server version OS X so it may be different.. and I always use VPN for remote access rather than SSH.. so I am not entirely sure what that will affect.

In preferences I have set file sharing on.

That will then allow access to the public folder.

Click on the plus below shared folders and add folders to the list. Make sure the permissions list is to read and write.

Click on options and you can add a user for access to the list.

If you tick the windows file sharing that might also help.

Then from another computer in the network (and it should work from remote as well).

You should be able to drop files into the public access directory using any valid login.

And read from it as well.

Which has worked on my networking testing it just now.

BUT from El Capo there is much more security.. and I had to delete and re-add the shared folder..

And it means you have to copy all the files you want the remote user access to have to be copied to the shared folder.. you should also be able to add access to your own folders..

I am guessing on server version this is a lot more complicated and you will need to post the question in El Capo server area.

Post in the server section.. I think there are different methods with server.