Connecting to OSX Server using DW8 FTP

[presley2]

Hi,
I am having no luck connecting to a remote server using the DW8 remote connection in the sites definition dialog. Maybe somebody out there can help.

-In DW8 I:
-Select FTP as the connection. FTP service is turned on the remote Mac Server (10.4)
- I have entered the web address (IP) 10.5..... in the "hostname or FTP" addresss field
- Entered htdocs/ (root web folder) in the "folder on testing server" field
- Entered the webserver username in "FTP login" field
- Entered the webserver password in the "FTP password" field

When testing the connection I get an "access denied or possible permission problem" error....

So --what am I doing wrong?:
-What is FTP login/password ....is it the same as the root user password for the server?
-Am I correctly formatting the the testing folder...i.e if my root web folder is htdocs .....is entering htdocs/ in the testing folder field correct?
- Is the IP address "ok" in the "hostname or FTP" address field?

Any help would be appreciated....

Jim

 

[cemyers]

The webserver files directory is in /Library/WebServer/Documents and
I think you would put your test directory inside of that for your testing.
The error is probably caused by using the wrong path.

The account should be any user that has access permissions in the
webserver Documents directory, which is not necessarily the root
account at all. It's better never to use the root account for any
routine things. You should create a user in Workgroup Manager,
and use that user account. Then you could give that user permissions
in the /Library/WebServer/Documents directory.

Hi,
I am having no luck connecting to a remote server using the DW8 remote connection in the sites definition dialog. Maybe somebody out there can help.

-In DW8 I:
-Select FTP as the connection. FTP service is turned on the remote Mac Server (10.4)
- I have entered the web address (IP) 10.5..... in the "hostname or FTP" addresss field
- Entered htdocs/ (root web folder) in the "folder on testing server" field
- Entered the webserver username in "FTP login" field
- Entered the webserver password in the "FTP password" field

When testing the connection I get an "access denied or possible permission problem" error....

So --what am I doing wrong?:
-What is FTP login/password ....is it the same as the root user password for the server?
-Am I correctly formatting the the testing folder...i.e if my root web folder is htdocs .....is entering htdocs/ in the testing folder field correct?
- Is the IP address "ok" in the "hostname or FTP" address field?

Any help would be appreciated....

Jim