Re: Browse Network: FTP-Servers in local network are shown, but clicking on them only leads to "connection refused"

[Bazon Bloch <bazonbloch arcor de>]

Ah, thanks again, I had indeed to add a ftp.service file in /etc/avahi/services according to https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/avahi#Vsftpd

Thanks for pointing me at that, I didn't know about avahi before.

Now, Nautilus finds that FTP server twice, one time with just (ftp) in brackets (that's the one I can connect to via "browse network") and one with (remote login) in brackets. (that's the one I can't connect to, the one from before.)

Cheers

Bazon

2014-07-16 18:20 GMT+02:00 Ross Lagerwall <rosslagerwall gmail com>:

On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 02:59:18PM +0200, Bazon Bloch wrote:
> Ah, thank you!
>
> $ gvfs-mount ftp://servername
> promts me to enter username and password and works then.
>
>
> $ gvfs-ls -a "standard::target-uri" network:///
> dnssd-domain-cookbook._sftp-ssh._tcp    0    (shortcut)
> standard::target-uri=sftp://192.168.2.110:22/
>
> ("cookbook" is the servername. [it's my kitchen notebook. ;-)])
>
> So I'm even more confused now, is my server ftp or sftp? (standard vsftp
> setup with "allow local users")
> And, to get to my initial question again:
> What can be done to connect to it via the "browse network" function in
> nautilus?
>

Nice server name :-)

Well the browse network function uses Avahi's dns-sd to discover
services in the network.  It appears that something on cookbook is
advertising an SFTP service that is not actually available to connect
to remotely (perhaps the port is blocked).  To fix this you need to stop
advertising that service and advertise the ftp service instead.  As a
starting point, look in /etc/avahi/services.

(alternatively, you could not use ftp but use sftp instead and ensure
that it is remotely accessible)

Hope that helps,
--
Ross Lagerwall