Please help me mounting a FTP Folder from a drftpd Server (PRET Transfer Required)

sinkaine · 03-06-2011, 05:24 AM

Hello,

my os is Debian Sid. I use curlftpfs for mounting ftp. I can mount the folder but I'm unable to make fileoperations.
My mount command is

Code:

 curlftpfs -v -o disable_eprt   -d  'usr:pass@server:1234' /mnt/ftp

that works fine:

Quote:

< 230 XXX logged in successfully.
> PWD
< 257 "/" is current directory
* Entry path is '/'

And here comes trouble:

Code:

ls /mnt/ftp/
ls: lese Verzeichnis /mnt/ftp/: Eingabe-/Ausgabefehler

That means I/O Error.

Output from server and curlftps:

Quote:

< 500 You need to use a client supporting PRET (PRE Transfer) to use PASV
* Bad PASV/EPSV response: 500
* Remembering we are in dir ""
* Connection #0 to host XXXX left intact
ftpfs: operation ftpfs_getdir failed because Input/output error
unique: 4, error: -5 (Input/output error), outsize: 16
unique: 5, opcode: RELEASEDIR (29), nodeid: 1, insize: 64
unique: 5, success, outsize: 16

Is there a way to enalbe PRET for curlftps or another tool for mounting ftp folders with PRET support?

thanking you in anticipation
porter

Gfy · 01-06-2012, 11:32 AM

CurlFtpFS is based on cURL and that library supports PRET since 2010, but it's been 3 years since CurlFtpFS had a new release. You will have to do some compiling yourself.

Quote:

Daniel Stenberg (1 Jan 2010)
- Ingmar Runge enhanced libcurl's FTP engine to support the PRET command. This
command is a special "hack" used by the drftpd server, but even though it is
a custom extension I've deemed it fine to add to libcurl since this server
seems to survive and people keep using it and want libcurl to support
it. The new libcurl option is named CURLOPT_FTP_USE_PRET, and it is also
usable from the curl tool with --ftp-pret. Using this option on a server
that doesn't support this command will make libcurl fail.

I added test cases 1107 and 1108 to verify the functionality.

The PRET command is documented at
drftpd.org/index.php/Distributed_PASV

These steps will make CurlFtpFS work with DrFTPD servers. I haven't tested it myself, but it's confirmed to me that it works.

In this file: ftpfs.c

In this function:

Code:

static void set_common_curl_stuff(CURL* easy) {

add the following line:

Code:

  curl_easy_setopt_or_die(easy, CURLOPT_FTP_USE_PRET, 1);