Hello, I am trying to set up ftp tunneling through ssh. I would like to have secure ftp connections, but I don't like the limited command line of sftp. I really want to be able to use ncftp through ssh.
I collected several sources of documentation, and I think I am close to success. From an xterm on the remote system, I type this: ssh -L2121:REMOTEIP:21 REMOTEIP This logs me into the local server. Then, from another remote xterm, I type this: ncftp -P 2121 -u USERNAME localhost This is equivalent to "ftp localhost 2121", which I have also tried. When I try the above ncftp command, I can log into the ftp server just fine, but when I try "ls", I get this: connect failed: Transport endpoint is not connected. List failed. When I try it with ftp, again I can login to the ftp server, but I get this error: 500 Illegal PORT command. 425 Can't build data connection: Connection refused My understanding is that this method requires passive transfer, which I am using. I also tried without passive and got just the "list failed" part of the error. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -- Brian J. Stults Doctoral Candidate Department of Sociology University at Albany - SUNY Phone: (518) 442-4652 Fax: (518) 442-4936 Web: http://www.albany.edu/~bs7452
