Hoe to Create Remote Folder

[chris_gcilbert]

Can any tell me how I can create a remote connection to an ftp folder that is password protected?
What i want to be able to create a folder on my desktop that when I drag things into it they are automatically uploaded into a remote folder on the internet. I can establish a connection using 'Connect to Server' in finder but because I need a username and password to connect to my server it won't allow me to continue.
If I try to connect to ftp://microsoft.com a uaername and password dialog box appears etc. When I try the same with ftp://mydomain.com it just says 'Could not connect, a Username and PAssword is required'.

I'm essentially trying to create a cheaper version of iDisk on my desktop.

Any ideas?

TIA, Chris.

 

[TommyWillB]

Yeah... it doen't seem like anyone's done it with the FTP server that comes preinstalled with OX S.

So it seems like most people opt to install a different FTP server to acheive this:

• WU-FTPD (Washington University FTP)
  
• ProFTPd (anonymous.conf)

 

[TommyWillB]

Oops... I had multiple macosx.com windows opened and it looks like I replied to the wrong thread...

 

[ElDiabloConCaca]

FTP volumes are read-only under OS X, so even if you did manage to mount an FTP share under OS X, you could only read from it -- not write to it. You'll need some 3rd party application to actually write to an FTP share, and I recommend Transmit, available from http://www.panic.com.

You can, also, connect to FTP shares that require authentication, by using the "Connect to Server" command and entering "username : password @ IP address" (without the spaces), so a share that uses 192.168.0.100 and a username of "blah" and a password of "yuck" would be: "blah:yuck@192.168.1.100".

 

[TommyWillB]

IMHO the Finder's read-only mounting of FTP shares is a bug... I submitted this as feedback to Apple way back in the OS X 0.9 public beta....

I'm surprised more people don't bitch about this!