PowerShell - FTP Upload Script No Longer Working

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@wrx7m Why don't you just use the (built-in) ftp client in windows?

ftp -s:filename_with_ftp_commands

Run whatever commands you need for instance:

open 10.43.0.0
[email protected]
user_password
put D:\Data\BAUPC.CSV /BAUPC.CSV
bye

Do it manually first so you know it works then just put the commands in the file.

PS. Here is a list of the command in the built-in windows ftp client. https://www.nsftools.com/tips/MSFTP.htm

wrx7m

@Pete-S I used to have that setup, but there was something that happened where it got deprecated or something like that. can't remember now. It was a couple of years ago. I will try it again.

wrx7m

@Pete-S it still gives login incorrect

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@wrx7m said in PowerShell - FTP Upload Script No Longer Working:

@Pete-S it still gives login incorrect

Then you probably made a mistake somewhere.
Login works here with a username in the format [email protected]. Win7 client connecting to linux ftp server.
So it's not the windows ftp client that is the problem.

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It could be that the server is requiring a SSL/TLS connection.

Then it would connect over normal FTP but switch to encryption before sending username/password. But then all firewall rules and whatnot have to be set right and the client also has to support TLS for it to work.

Is it a windows server you sending the file to? Then check what ftp server settings it has.

dafyre

I tried using this on a local FTP server that I control using known usernames and passwords....

using user.name / MySecretPassword! works fine.

using [email protected] / MySecretPassword! does not work at all -- with the ftp command line, nor the .Net.Webclient for me.

wrx7m

@Pete-S said in PowerShell - FTP Upload Script No Longer Working:

@wrx7m said in PowerShell - FTP Upload Script No Longer Working:

@Pete-S it still gives login incorrect

Then you probably made a mistake somewhere.
Login works here with a username in the format [email protected]. Win7 client connecting to linux ftp server.
So it's not the windows ftp client that is the problem.

The server is running ProFTPD. It is not running encryption, because I had to disable encryption in Filezilla in order to connect.

wrx7m

This server is managed by our web development consultants, so I told them what I had tried and that I was now out of ideas on how to connect. Suggested maybe they can revert to the old syntax, sans @domain.com for the user name.

dafyre

@wrx7m said in PowerShell - FTP Upload Script No Longer Working:

This server is managed by our web development consultants, so I told them what I had tried and that I was now out of ideas on how to connect. Suggested maybe they can revert to the old syntax, sans @domain.com for the user name.

It doesn't just affect ProFTPd... It also affects the FileZilla server as well.

wrx7m

@dafyre said in PowerShell - FTP Upload Script No Longer Working:

@wrx7m said in PowerShell - FTP Upload Script No Longer Working:

This server is managed by our web development consultants, so I told them what I had tried and that I was now out of ideas on how to connect. Suggested maybe they can revert to the old syntax, sans @domain.com for the user name.

It doesn't just affect ProFTPd... It also affects the FileZilla server as well.

Thanks for testing that out for me. I appreciate knowing that I am not crazy.

manxam

I assumed this was somehow related to how auth basic allows you to formulate your login as :
user:[email protected]
Therefore, the @ sign is being misinterpreted when it's being provided in a username.

With that in mind I went searching the interwebs and came across THIS confirming my suspicions.

Can you try replacing your @ sign with the + sign and let us know if it works? i.e.
wrx7m+gmail.com

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Where I tried and it works fine was Win7pro built-in ftp client to Pure-FTPd server.

The [email protected] type names are VERY common on cpanel installations. I think it's referred to as long-form username.
So basically it's used by millions.

wrx7m

@Pete-S Yeah, I am not saying it isn't common. I find it very strange too.

wrx7m

@manxam said in PowerShell - FTP Upload Script No Longer Working:

I assumed this was somehow related to how auth basic allows you to formulate your login as :
user:[email protected]
Therefore, the @ sign is being misinterpreted when it's being provided in a username.

With that in mind I went searching the interwebs and came across THIS confirming my suspicions.

Can you try replacing your @ sign with the + sign and let us know if it works? i.e.
wrx7m+gmail.com

Thanks for the suggestion. However, this doesn't work either. I also tried %40 (instead of @), which is what winscp comes up with in its generator.

manxam

@wrx7m : Darn. Sorry

wrx7m

After changing the user syntax back so it does not include @domain.com, it started working again.

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@wrx7m said in PowerShell - FTP Upload Script No Longer Working:

After changing the user syntax back so it does not include @domain.com, it started working again.

Good that you got it working.

I wonder, was the ftp server you wanted to connect to IIS on Windows or was it something else?

wrx7m

@Pete-S It was on linux - ProFTPD