Maybe related to being behind a firewall? Can you use regular ftp tools and are you using a passive connection?
>>>>> On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 12:26:34 -0600, Kris Nuttycombe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hello, all - any help is appreciated. I'm having difficulty using > the commons.net.ftp.FTPClient when attempting to get a file > list. The client connects correctly and I can issue CWD commands > without difficulty, but as soon as I issue listFiles() or nlst() it > fails with the reply string "Unable to build data connection: > Connection timed out" > Does anyone have an idea of where I should start looking to fix > this? > Thanks, > Kris Nuttycombe > Here is some debugging output: > 0 [main] DEBUG gov.noaa.nosa.argo.ArgoReader - 220 > zeus.aoml.noaa.gov FTP server ready 116 [main] DEBUG > gov.noaa.nosa.argo.ArgoReader - 230 Anonymous access granted, > restrictions apply. 167 [main] DEBUG gov.noaa.nosa.argo.ArgoReader > - 250 CWD command successful. 170 [main] DEBUG > gov.noaa.nosa.argo.ArgoReader - FTP connection successfully > established to ftp.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/pub/ARGO_FTP/argo/nc/aoml 170 > [main] DEBUG gov.noaa.nosa.argo.ArgoReader - FTP Data connection > mode: 0 java.io.IOException: FTP client could not obtain file list : > 425 Unable to build data connection: Connection timed out > Here is the code that generated it: > client.connect(host); > log.debug(client.getReplyString()); > if(!FTPReply.isPositiveCompletion(client.getReplyCode())) { throw > new IOException("FTP server at host " + host + " refused > connection."); > } > client.login(user, password); > log.debug(client.getReplyString()); > if(!FTPReply.isPositiveCompletion(client.getReplyCode())) { throw > new IOException("FTP login failed for user anonymous: " + > client.getReplyString()); > } > client.changeWorkingDirectory(path); > log.debug(client.getReplyString()); > if(!FTPReply.isPositiveCompletion(client.getReplyCode())) { throw > new IOException("FTP client could not change to remote directory " + > path + ": " + client.getReplyString()); > } > log.debug("FTP connection successfully > established to " + host + path); log.debug("FTP Data connection > mode: " + client.getDataConnectionMode()); FTPFile[] files = > client.listFiles(path); > if(!FTPReply.isPositiveCompletion(client.getReplyCode())) { throw > new IOException("FTP client could not obtain file list : " + > client.getReplyString()); > } > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ===================================================================== Jeffrey D. Brekke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wisconsin, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]