Then provide hostname or IP address, username, password, and the port number to which the FTP server. How can the same be done from the command prompt, if there is a way? It is as if the command prompt takes me to the root which does not exist or even have correct permissions to move in. All you need is to launch the FileZilla application.
Now the filezilla client is taking the user in the application window directly to the root folder of the permitted filespace granted to that user. "cd" tells me that the current directory is "/" root, but this does not make sense in the windows operating system. when trying "ls" or "cd" these commands do not work. I enter the name and password and i get the ftp command prompt, but the commands are not working properly. On the same machine I have Ubuntu running in a virtual box and when using filezilla client in there it works fine. ftp>get filename To upload file from windows machine to ftp server, put command like below. I have it set up to be accessed via outside IPs and when I use a client on the IP I have it connects normally using Filezilla client. To get file from ubuntu ftp server, navigate to directory and use get command like below. I am using on Windows Vista, Filezilla server. Download FileZilla Client for Linux (64bit x86) The latest stable version of FileZilla Client is 3.61.0 Please select the file appropriate for your platform below.