FTP File Access Trouble

[andu]

--On Wednesday, June 11, 2003 13:27:35 +0200 Scott Rossi 
<scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to use MC to save a stack to a password protected directory on
> a server.  I created a designated username/password for the directory and
> I am using the past-offered convention for assembling the destination
> filepath:
>
> put the fileName of the topStack into tSourceURL
> put ("ftp://" & tName & ":" & tPass & \
>    "@ftp.myserver.com/special/mystack.mc") into tDestURL
> put url ("binfile:"&tSourceURL) into url tDestURL
>
> The result is an error from the server reading "Error 550. Access denied
> by ACL."  I assume this means the server is denying access to the
> username/password I'm supplying in the above string.

You're not only trying to access a directory but also to write to it, maybe 
the user doesn't have write permissions like the admin.

>
> However, I have no problem accessing the destination directory using an
> FTP tool with the same login info provided in tName and tPass.  Also, if I
> replace the tName/tPass variables with those of the server's admin login
> info, the script works fine.
>
> So I have to assume the server is expecting something that I (or MC) is
> not providing in the case of the designated username/password.  Any ideas
> how I troubleshoot this?
>
> Thanks & Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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Regards, Andu Novac