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

PS:
and after removing sftp-ssh.service in /etc/avahi/services, the
unbrowseable share is gone, too. :-)

Thanks again for pointing me at that!


2014-07-16 18:53 GMT+02:00 Bazon Bloch <[email protected]>:

> 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 <[email protected]>:
>
> 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
>>
>
>

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