
The screen shot shows these Filezilla client. When using FileZilla to connect to your FTP if you encounter an error like.

Filezilla cannot retrieve directory listing how to#
But Filezilla cannot list the contents of a directory by using a TLS protected data connection. How to fix failed to retrieve directory listing error in FileZilla FTP Print. Filezilla connects successfully to the z/OS FTP server by using TLS to secure the control connection. This continues to work locally, but not when connecting remotely. We have FTPS configured on port 21 (security ALLOWED) and on port 990 (Security REQUIRED/Implicit). I ended up with messages like this: Response: 200 PORT command successful. Thusly I knew it was a client configuration problem. Other computers could connect to the same server just fine. Response: 425 Can't open data connection for transfer of "/"Įrror: Failed to retrieve directory listing I had a specific Filezilla client that refused to retrieve a directory listing. Response: 150 Opening data channel for directory listing of "/" Im using FIleZilla as the FTP Client which gives me the. But still i cannot retrieve the FTP directory which should be /home/ftpuser containg a file testFILE.txt. Response: 220 Powered By FileZilla Server version 0.9.45 beta . All of these problems were solved by removing write access to home directory, listing ftpuser in erlist file and allowing coonection to my Internet Address over port 22. Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message.

However, to connect to the server remotely, I port forwarded to port 21, and tried to connect using my computer's IP. I'm running Filezilla Server 0.9.45 beta to manage my server remotely.Īfter setting it up, I tested connecting to it using the IP 127.0.0.1, and it worked successfully.
