having a little trouble with curl and ftp

steve51184 · 08-19-2009, 05:00 AM

hi all i've setup an ftp server that has the custom port of 666 but i can get curl to upload a file but if i remove the custom port number and set it to 21 curl will upload the file... have i got the command right?

won't work (couldn't connect to host):

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for f in *; do curl -T $f -u username:pass ftp://ip:666; done

works:

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for f in *; do curl -T $f -u username:pass ftp://ip; done

p.s. the ftp server is setup right and has been tested

acid_kewpie · 08-19-2009, 05:37 AM

well if it works when you don't use the "custom" port, then clearly there IS no custom port...

steve51184 · 08-19-2009, 05:49 AM

wait what? the custom port is one i've set in the config and i've tested that it works but it wont work with curl as i think i've got the ip

ort bit wrong

acid_kewpie · 08-19-2009, 08:58 AM

How could it be wrong? a url is a url... you know what a hyperlink looks like, and it's nothing to do with the application you're using it with. Unless something is redirecting or blocking traffic or something, it's not listening on that port.

steve51184 · 08-19-2009, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by acid_kewpie

How could it be wrong? a url is a url... you know what a hyperlink looks like, and it's nothing to do with the application you're using it with. Unless something is redirecting or blocking traffic or something, it's not listening on that port.

it is on that port and like i've said i've tested it on other things and it does work but curl wont take the :port bit!

acid_kewpie · 08-19-2009, 12:47 PM

yes it does. As above, a URL is a URL, a program isn't allowed to treat them differently. mind you you've not shown any debug output, or even normal output from the curl command at all...

steve51184 · 08-19-2009, 12:55 PM

here:

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$ for f in *; do curl -T $f -u username:pass ftp://ip:666; done
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:01:33 --:--:-- 0
curl: (7) couldn't connect to host

acid_kewpie · 08-19-2009, 03:01 PM

Well that isn't debugging so you can't explicitly see it's interpretation of the url, but still, I don't know how many more times I can tell you that the command is working just fine. try, for example, running nmap against the box, and seeing what ports are open.

steve51184 · 08-19-2009, 05:19 PM

the port is open i've tested it... is there not another way in the command to include the port?