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tivoftpd problems

Discussion in 'TiVo Underground' started by trickyech, Apr 14, 2004.

  1. Apr 14, 2004 #1 of 9
    trickyech

    trickyech New Member

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    I'm trying to transfer some files to my tivo using tivoftpd but am running into a problem.

    I used Steve Jenkins guide to install turbonet in my T60 and all went great.

    I have the copy of tivoftpd from his bootcd in /var/hack/bin. It starts up ok and I'm able to login from my windows machine via the command line ftp. When I try to send a file though I get this error:

    "503 Only ASCII and binary modes are supported"

    I get this error even after I manually set the transfer mode to ascii by doing "ftp>ascii"

    Anyone have any thoughts as to why tivoftpd is doing this?

    tricky
     
  2. Apr 14, 2004 #2 of 9
    Prof. Yaffle

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    I'm sure you shoud be transferring files in Binary mode not ascii. Try typing "bin" followed by enter and then try transferring.
     
  3. Apr 14, 2004 #3 of 9
    Piggers

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    Try using a ftp client. I use smartftp and cuteftp.
     
  4. Apr 14, 2004 #4 of 9
    Prof. Yaffle

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    Personally I've found Filezilla to be the most reliable Windows ftp software with TiVo. Just remember to set it to binary not auto and make sure it's set for single connection. Also don't forget to Disconnect before closing it otherwise you'll need to restart ftp on TiVo
     
  5. Jun 30, 2004 #5 of 9
    Alessan

    Alessan New Member

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    where can I get the tfp program. I am a newbie to doing ftp on tivo and would to try to set it up.
     
  6. Jun 30, 2004 #6 of 9
    Piggers

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    It is no different then doing ftping to a computer or server. Try smartftp, wfsftp, cuteftp, filezilla, bulletproof.....

    What ever ftp program you choose...maybe you should read the help or readme to find out how to use them. It is actually pretty simple.
     
  7. Jun 30, 2004 #7 of 9
    TivoGeezer

    TivoGeezer Snow-ina-ear

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    You can find it and other hacks here.
     
  8. Jul 1, 2004 #8 of 9
    gmiller

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    Your FTP client isn't sending the mode properly. As everyone else said, switch to a different FTP client.
     
  9. Feb 23, 2006 #9 of 9
    tartan_haggis

    tartan_haggis MacTiVo

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    I have had the same problem using an Apple Mac running in Terminal mode. After certain commands, you get the following messages:

    500 Syntax error, command unrecognized.
    227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,0,200,4,2)
    503 Only ASCII and binary modes are supported.

    Don't see why this should be a problem when ftp'ing from another UNIX host - I'm using Mac OS X Tiger 10.4 which is UNIX based.

    Any suggestions, or is a commercial FTP package the only answer? On my Windows PC, I can use Microsoft FTP client and it works fine.
     

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