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OSX Emacs FTP Failing

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Mar 15, 2026460 views
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Problem

I use Emacs from Bash. I use C-x C-f to FTP into servers, to work on files. From my OSX (10.6.x), I can connect to all of my servers, but one. From Ubuntu, I can connect to all of my servers, period. The one that I cannot connect to from OSX is a Windows Server 2003 SP2 server, running Filezilla Se…

Error Output

C-x C-f
(backspace to clear ~/)
/ftp:
(Emacs pauses, loads TRAMP)
/ftp:josh@site.com:/
RET
(Password prompt)
******
RET
Opening blah...
Something PWD…

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Fix for: OSX Emacs FTP Failing

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I'm not sure but are you using a firewall?(not personal firewall on a PC but a router or a proxy) I had an experience that my firewall router couldn't understand EPSV/EPRT command as the firewall was a bit old one. MacOSX uses EPSV/EPRT for its defa…

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