FTP.CFG file aliases

[tabell]

I'm using TCC 9.00.99.

According to the help, I'm supposed to be able to set an alias name in parentheses (myalias) in the ftp.cfg file so that I can connect to an FTP site with a convenient shortened form, like this:

iftp "ftp://myalias"

The line in ftp.cfg would be

ftp://mydomain.com (myalias) myusername mypassword

Trying to connect with the alias always results in the immediate response:

TCC: (Sys) The requested name is valid and was found in the database, but it does not have the correct associated data being resolved for.
"ftp://mydomain.com"

Connecting with the full name, "ftp://mydomain.com", works correctly.

What am I doing wrong? How do I get this feature to work?

(Also, the help has a typo and shows the alias between the username and password.)

Thanks!

 

[rconn]

> I'm using TCC 9.00.99.
>
> According to the help, I'm supposed to be able to set an alias name in
> parentheses (myalias) in the ftp.cfg file so that I can connect to an
> FTP site with a convenient shortened form, like this:
>
> iftp "ftp://myalias"
>
> The line in ftp.cfg would be
>
> ftp://mydomain.com (myalias) myusername mypassword
>
> Trying to connect with the alias always results in the immediate
> response:
>
> TCC: (Sys) The requested name is valid and was found in the database,
> but it does not have the correct associated data being resolved for.
> "ftp://mydomain.com"
>
> Connecting with the full name, "ftp://mydomain.com", works correctly.
>
> What am I doing wrong? How do I get this feature to work?

You don't need the leading "ftp://" in IFTP, though it shouldn't hurt.

I cannot reproduce your problem here. The error you're getting is coming
from the ftp server, not TCC, so there's not much I can do to debug it
without access to that server.

Rex Conn
JP Software

 

[tabell]

I cannot reproduce your problem here. The error you're getting is coming
from the ftp server, not TCC, so there's not much I can do to debug it
without access to that server.

Actually, the message does not come from the server; it appears immediately, before any data is sent over the Internet and does so even if the computer is uplugged from the network.

And since iftp mydomain works, but iftp myalias doesn't, and the FTP.CFG file is correct, it must be something in TCC.

My version is fairly old (9.00.99). Could this be a problem that was solved in a later version?

 

[Steve Fabian]

----- Original Message -----
From: "tabell" <>

> My version is fairly old (9.00.99). Could this be a problem that was
> solved in a later version?

I don't know whether or not your specific issue is solved by it, but you can
download and update your TCMD to build 9.02.157:
ftp://jpsoft.com/oldver/tcmd902.exe
ftp://jpsoft.com/oldver/tcmd902_inikey.dll

That's a free update!
--
Steve

 

[tabell]

----- Original Message -----
I don't know whether or not your specific issue is solved by it, but you can
download and update your TCMD to build 9.02.157:
ftp://jpsoft.com/oldver/tcmd902.exe
ftp://jpsoft.com/oldver/tcmd902_inikey.dll

That's a free update!

Thanks, Steve. Believe it or not, upgrading to 9.02.157 using the above file resolved the problem. The connection succeeds with just FTP alias name. The error message does not appear.

Much obliged.

 

[Steve Fabian]

----- Original Message -----
From: "tabell" <>
| Thanks, Steve. Believe it or not, upgrading to 9.02.157 using the above
file resolved the problem. The connection succeeds with just FTP alias name.
The error message does not appear.
|
| Much obliged.

Glad to have been of help.
--
Steve