Same username/password? Yup. The issue is, I can't then get to the files at the Ubuntu server station. The deal is, the box that's now an FTP server has always been a file server. The location that the printer/scanner is sending to is also shared across samba to Windows clients. But right now, I can't even get to the files in anything EXCEPT an FTP client. Huh? On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Stephen wrote: > Are they useing the same ftp credentials? > > On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Jim March <1.jim.march@gmail.com> wrote: >> Welll...sorta. >> >> OK, here's the deal.  I have proftpd installed and working, with the >> gproftp front end under Ubuntu Hardy.  I can log in as a client and >> upload/download to it; at the GUI server console I've listed an upload >> location that's within the home directory (fairly far down, along the >> lines of: >> >> /home/username/Desktop/junk/somemorejunk >> >> That directory is set up as read/write by everybody. >> >> I have a nice proper static IP addy at that Hardy server station. >> >> I have two different FTP client stations, one a big networked >> printer/scanner that I want to do PDF uploads with, straight to the >> directory listed above.  And it works.  Except I can't READ that >> directory from anything else, except searches with supervisory access. >>  I can't navigate to >> >> /home/username/Desktop/junk/somemorejunk >> >> in either Nautilus or Thunar, can't read the dir listing contents.  I >> can't even at the console even if I do "sudo su" first. >> >> It's freakin' INSANE!!! >> >> Please...help...what am I doing wrong here!? >> >> Jim >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss