FlashFXP

disturbed1

I tried for the first time to transfer my own files on a server move I am doing now. I got FlashFXP but during transfer I get a error that says "500 Illegal Port Command". Looking at the ip during these errors, it looks like the (.) period is being replaced with a (,) comma.

Anyone has any suggestions... I got to get these files moved !

BTW... searched for a PHP version but no luck.

Thanks

bpat1434

Sounds like your servers don't support FXP, only FTP.

References: site to site transfer

You'll have to turn on FXP at the servers. Or download all the info, then re-upload it. It sucks I know, but oh well.

Bunkermaster

SCP rocks. Use it!

bpat1434

Okay, but if you are on a virtual host, and you can't run the SCP command, how is that going to help? Still gonna have to make two transfers instead of one. I don't know too many hosts that support FXP.

And from what I understand, SCP == SFTP which are just secure versions of CP & FTP respectively. Still going to have a similar issue.

Bunkermaster

wget file from source if the file is accessible from a web server?

piersk

Or rsync?

stolzyboy

too many sites that support FXP??

flashfxp is merely an FTP program and it is great...

more than likely you need to either turn OFF or ON your passive mode settings, those typically lead to FTP issues...

if that doesn't work, contact your host, they may have some other settings required to ftp to them

bpat1434

flashfxp is merely an FTP program and it is great...

Not really. Flash FXP is an FTP program with the ability to do FXP which is Site to Site rather than Local to Site (or Site to Local) file transfers.

The issue is that the server doesn't support FXP (either it's not enabled, or just not supported). If the user doesn't have access to the shell on server1 (where the files are being sent from) then they can't really execute rsync or any other commands. And writing a PHP script to execute the function(s) needed would take longer than just downloading and uploading it again.

Anyway... is disturbed even reading the replies? Did they get their site transfered?

stolzyboy

he has never stated if he's using the site to site transfer, i use this program for local to site transfers all the time and you need NOT the FXP option to use flashfxp...

if he IS doing site to site, sure he'll need that... if it's THAT big of an issue to get things moved... it'd make far more sense to just pull files to local and push to new server in the meantime while trying to figure out the site to site integration

also, on your quote of my response... yes, it is an ftp program... whether it's fxp or not, site to site or local to site is still ftp 😛

bpat1434

But site to site is the only reference i've ever seen the 500 Illegal Port Command error. I use FXP too (been using since the 2.x version) and use it as straight FTP. I've never run into the 500 Illegal Port command. That's why I'm guessing he's using FXP instead of FTP.

stolzyboy

i've seen it numerous times when you don't have the correct passive settings