Unable to log into ftp server with password

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bgwiles
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Unable to log into ftp server with password

Keep getting Host Does Not Exist

This is the file that I am using with UN, PW and server changed to protect the innocent.


# Automatically answer all prompts negatively not to stall
# the script on errors
option batch on
# Disable overwrite confirmations that conflict with the previous
option confirm off
# Connect using a password
# open user:password@example.com
# Connect
open sftp://USERNAME:password@ftp3.server.com
# Change remote directory
cd /Exports
# Force binary mode transfer
option transfer binary
# Download file to the local directory c:\ulti
get filename.txt c:\ulti\
# Disconnect
close
# Exit WinSCP
exit


What am I missing. I need to run a command line that gets the file in the remote folder every 15 minutes.

Thanks

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Re: Unable to log into ftp server with password

martin wrote:

Can you ping the ftp3.server.com (or whatever the real hostname is)?

Yes, I am also able to open the server with the GUI process. If I use the winscp.com statement I can use the "open" statement syntax without the password, "open sftp://USERNAME@ftp3.server.com" and then type the password when prompted, but it will fail everytime when I add the password. (open sftp://USERNAME:password@ftp3.server.com )

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"/" in password

I may have found the problem, but still need a solution. I see in one of your FAQ's that WinSCP cannot accept special characters in a password from the command-line. Here is an example of the password that is being used: eaR#S/92zUj. I may not be able to have the vendor change their password, is there a work around that can be used?

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Re: "/" in password

bgwiles@hmwd.org wrote:

I may have found the problem, but still need a solution. I see in one of your FAQ's that WinSCP cannot accept special characters in a password from the command-line. Here is an example of the password that is being used: eaR#S/92zUj. I may not be able to have the vendor change their password, is there a work around that can be used?
The FAQ, you probably refer to, shows how to deal with the problem:

eaR#S%2F92zUj

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Special characters in FTP password

Hi all

I have a customer FTP site that I need to upload a file to, but the password has the @ sign in it.

How would you type a password like P@55W0rd, with the %40 as the ASCII input.

Thank you in advance!

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Re: Special characters in FTP password

Christiaan wrote:

How would you type a password like P@55W0rd, with the %40 as the ASCII input
Please read FAQ. If that does not help, come back.

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martin wrote:

Christiaan wrote:

How would you type a password like P@55W0rd, with the %40 as the ASCII input
Please read FAQ. If that does not help, come back.

Hi Martin, Did get the info off the FAQ.

I enter the password as P%4055W0rd, but it still asks for a password. From the Linux command line, it works fine, without the ASCII translation.

Any ideas would be welcome.

Thanks again.
Christiaan.

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martin wrote:

Christiaan wrote:

How would you type a password like P@55W0rd, with the %40 as the ASCII input
Please read FAQ. If that does not help, come back.

Hi Martin, Did get the info off the FAQ.

I enter the password as P%4055W0rd, but it still asks for a password. From the Linux command line, it works fine, without the ASCII translation.

Any ideas would be welcome.

Thanks again.
Christiaan.

UPDATE: Using WinSCP, I logged into my own Linux ftp server using a "normal" password with the @ sign. That should not have worked, but it did....

Seems the FTP server that I'm trying to get into, has issues..

Regards
Christiaan.

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