d20reviews ftp update: Need help!

[Leopold]

ok i am trying to get to the d20reviews website to update the daemonforge files. I am using Bulletproof ftp to ftp to the site to view the files. Every time i hit the refresh button i get nothing. No files appear. I can login, authenticate but no files appear for me to update or view. Any ideas?

 

[EricNoah]

It usually takes me a long time to get connected to the server or to move between directories. I was on (via WS FTP, updating the d20 System Guide) when I saw this message, so I bopped over to the daemonforge directory and this is what I could see:

08-30-01 08:45AM <DIR> _notes
08-30-01 09:01AM 24682 althybrid.htm
10-27-01 07:08PM 13833 art.htm
08-30-01 09:01AM 16692 bkg2.jpg
08-30-01 09:01AM 19088 bkg4.jpg
08-30-01 09:01AM 780 BlankTemplate.htm
09-29-01 08:41AM <DIR> broken
08-30-01 09:01AM 16786 characters.htm
08-30-01 09:02AM 364625 Daemonforge.pdf
11-12-01 09:19AM 16562 dfmain.htm
11-11-01 03:34PM 8049 dfmap.htm
10-25-01 08:59PM 16494 dfoverview.htm
08-30-01 09:02AM 32256 Egran.doc
10-25-01 11:05PM 24107 egran.htm
10-24-01 11:01PM 2740 ennews1.gif
08-30-01 08:47AM <DIR> fingers
10-25-01 09:04PM 22778 history.htm
10-24-01 11:49PM <DIR> Images
08-30-01 08:55AM <DIR> Insingia
08-30-01 08:56AM <DIR> kessel
10-27-01 07:03PM <DIR> KG
08-30-01 08:58AM <DIR> lords
08-30-01 09:03AM 435878 map.jpg
11-19-01 05:20PM 818438 map2.jpg
08-30-01 09:03AM 2511 maps.htm
08-30-01 09:03AM 20200 mistguide.htm
08-30-01 08:59AM <DIR> monsters
08-30-01 09:03AM 3136 monsters.htm
10-08-01 10:22AM <DIR> new
08-30-01 09:03AM 797 openmap.htm
10-29-01 04:08AM <DIR> Patrons
08-30-01 09:00AM <DIR> Prestige
08-30-01 09:03AM 7996 prestigeclass.html
08-30-01 09:01AM <DIR> shattered
08-30-01 09:03AM 25688 Sladhe.rtf
08-30-01 09:03AM 53211 smallmap.jpg
10-25-01 08:00PM <DIR> SOT
08-30-01 09:04AM 14762 standardrace.htm
10-27-01 07:30PM <DIR> Strongholds
10-25-01 09:12PM 27720 timelinedraft.htm
08-30-01 09:04AM 20874 utali.rtf
08-30-01 09:04AM 4946 WS_FTP.LOG

So there definitely is stuff in there. Maybe try a different FTP client?

 

[thatdarncat]

I'm debugging the server at the moment, one of the errors I am hunting down seems to have something to do with the FTP server, BUT I know that the FTP server is working. If this problem persists with a different client, let me know.

 

[Psionicist]

There is usually an output text of actions shown somewhere on your FTP client, eg

WINSOCK.DLL: Microsoft wsock32.dll, ver2.2, 32bit of Apr 22 1999, at 20:29:32.
WS_FTP95 LE 4.50 97.05.17, Copyright © 1992-1997 Ipswitch, Inc.
local chdir to f:\inetpub\wwwroot\beware
- -
connecting to 213.228.0.170 ...
Connected to 213.228.0.170 port 21
...
(snip)
...
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list.
Received 2269 bytes in 0.7 secs, (32.93 Kbps), transfer succeeded
226-Transfer complete.
226 Quotas on: using 1930333.00 of 104857600.00 bytes

Copy and paste this text here, there migth be something wrong with the config on the FTP client. But FOR THE LOVE OF GOD check the text and remove eventual passwords if shown, before you post.

 

[CRGreathouse]

...Now, some people will claim that having 8-character indentations makes the code move too far to the right, and makes it hard to read on a 80-character terminal screen. The answer to that is that if you need more than 3 levels of indentation, you're screwed anyway, and should fix your program...

Where does this originate from? I'm curious about the 3 levels of indentation - that seems like very little to claim as the effective max.

 

[LeeCHeSSS]

Change your ftp-client's preferences to connect in passive mode (Usually there's a checkbox called "PASV-mode").

 

[Leopold]

got the passive mode set down already

ok i manage to connect, get in and then the dirs are still blank. I have used bpftp for god knows how long and I never EVER had this problem. What gives?

STATUS:> Connecting to d20reviews.com
STATUS:> Connecting to d20reviews.com (ip = 66.34.111.89)
STATUS:> Socket connected. Waiting for welcome message...
220 cerberus Microsoft FTP Service (Version 5.0).
STATUS:> Connected. Authenticating...
COMMAND:> USER d20reviews
331 Password required for d20reviews.
COMMAND:> PASS ********
230 User d20reviews logged in.
STATUS:> Login successful
COMMAND:> TYPE I
200 Type set to I.
COMMAND:> CWD /pub/cuteftp
550 /pub/cuteftp: The system cannot find the path specified.
COMMAND:> pwd
257 "/d20reviews" is current directory.
COMMAND:> TYPE A
200 Type set to A.
STATUS:> Retrieving directory listing...
COMMAND:> PASV
227 Entering Passive Mode (66,34,111,89,6,12).
STATUS:> Connecting data socket...
ERROR:> Failed to establish data socket
COMMAND:> LIST
425 Can't open data connection.
ERROR:> File error
STATUS:> Disconnect: Sunday 09:33:32 03-24-2002


output of cuteftp tried it...i can't seem to connect to the data socket? I am behind a firewall as well so i am a NAT'd client.

 

[Morrus]

I've never had any problems using CuteFTP. I'm no expert, but I noticed the following in your output:

257 "/d20reviews" is current directory.

When you first connect, you need to go 'up' one level, and then into 'www'. You shouldn't be in the 'd20reviews' directory - there's nothing in there.

I don't know if that's the problem - just a long shot.

 

[CRGreathouse]

When you first connect, you need to go 'up' one level, and then into 'www'. You shouldn't be in the 'd20reviews' directory - there's nothing in there.

Methinks Morrus knows more about computers than he lets on.

 

[Leopold]

I've never had any problems using CuteFTP. I'm no expert, but I noticed the following in your output:



When you first connect, you need to go 'up' one level, and then into 'www'. You shouldn't be in the 'd20reviews' directory - there's nothing in there.

I don't know if that's the problem - just a long shot.

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