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Old 10-05-2005
Bob Smith
 
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Default Re: redirecting an ftp request

On 10/5/2005 3:14 AM, David Dorward wrote:
> laredotornado@zipmail.com wrote:
>
>> My clients are currently using their web browsers to access
>>ftp://mydomain.com, running on a server with Apache 1.31. I wish to
>>redirect them to ftp.mydomain.com, which is hosted on another server.
>>Is it possible to construct an .htaccess file to make such a redirect?


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> While it is *possible* that you are using it as an FTP server, its highly,
> highly unlikely (I'm not aware of any prewritten packages to turn Apache in
> to an FTP server, although I have seen it used as an SMTP server).


Isn't it more likely that the user's *browser* when encountering ftp://... is
acting as an FTP client and then sending the request to the specified domain on
the default FTP port #? If so, you'll need an FTP server on the specified
domain to handle the request. I doubt that the Apache server on the specified
domain ever sees this request.

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