Using .NET 2.0 and its the first time im using the FTP protocol in development.
I am trying to issue a few commands, firstly it works fine such as listing a directory however if i wish to disconnect from the server using, lets say "QUIT" or perhaps I wish to upload /download a file, I get an error saying:
"This operation cannot be performed after the request has been submitted."
Am I doing something wrong or must I create another FtpWebRequest object per command
Other thing is, if i explicitly specify a method with a NEW FtpWebRequest, a command to "QUIT" or even "CD dir" it gives me an exception that the method is not supported or rather the parameter is not supported.
What about checking to see if a specified path is a file or a directory The IsFile property does not seem to work as it always returns false when you create a new FtpWebRequest and give it the entire path to the directory OR file.
Am I doing something wrong
FTP usage
Solvej Smith
WebRequest.RequestUri.IsFile should not be used to check for an ftp file or directory.
The ftp LIST method should be used (not NLST) and then the response parsed
Mariya
Shri73463
1) You don't need to send QUIT command. It is automatically done that for you
when you close the response
2) You need to create a new FTP request after each major operation
Kris Ganjam
http://blogs.msdn.com/adarshk/archive/2004/09/13/229069.aspx
NavneetSharma
To be able to test it on your machine I'll need to connect to it. Can you add a user testftp and e-mail me the credentials for it at mariya@microsoft.com.donotspam
For the IsFile property I didn't quite understand what you meant. FtpWebRequest doesn't currently have IsFile property. You can use the LIST method instead of NLST and it will show you which is a file and which is a directory
Let me know if this helped
Mariya
sachleen
Is your FTP server reacheable over the Internet
Verrkomies
Yes it is reachable however I would require to email you the username/password access.
CamonZ
The user that is accessing the files could be
IUSR_DGORTITBL. This user needs to have permissions on the directory.
Could you please turn on the security audit on the computer We can then clearly see who is accessing and who is denied. To turn on securutiy auditing use Local Security policy of the secpol.msc.
JaseT
I was using "RemoveFile" instead of "RemoveDirectory" which was causing the "access denied" error message.
This is what to check for if you have this problem! :)
Radu C-tin
Yes, I did try this but there were no audits being logged as failed. IE is not using a proxy server, there are no proxy connections configured.
However I do not understand why a 3rd party ftp client program does it fine, it can delete files. Not only this, IE deletes it fine too but its just only the C# application that seems to be getting access denied as well as the command prompt FTP application built into Windows.
Devteam
Hi there. Thanks for this!
I have just emailed you the access details.
as for the IsFile property, this is in the WebRequestObject.RequestUri property.
However for now, let us stick to the main issue of the folder/file not being able to delete even though appropriate credentials/access has been given as well as the fact that it deletes it from IE or a 3rd party FTP program :-)
JIM WALL
A couple more questions if you dont mind...
I cannot seem to Delete a file/folder. I get access denied. The wierd thing is that if i use IE to FTP into the same site or even a 3rd party client, it works fine! I can delete
If I use this C# app or even the command prompt FTP, I get access denied to delete a folder the user has created using that account. Full permissions have been given to the directory the user is accessing and IIS has been told to grant Write Permission and Read for that Virtual Directory.
lastly, hopefully, how do I detect the file type of a selected file how can I found out that if I give a full path, if it is a file or not is it possible