Connection / FTP
This category only appears if VanDyke Software's SecureFX® 3.0 (or newer) is also installed.
The FTP category
of the Session
Options dialog allows you to control attributes of FTP connections.
The FTP category only appears when you have selected
FTP as your Protocol.
FTP logon group
Hostname
The hostname or IP address of the remote machine that provides the FTP service.
Port
The port number of the FTP service on the remote machine. For FTP and FTP/SSL (explicit), the default port is 21. For FTP/SSL (implicit), the default port is 990.
Firewall
If your connection involves a firewall, select your firewall from the list of firewalls that have been configured in the Global Options/Firewall dialog.
Note: You can also select an SFTP or SCP session to be used as a firewall. If SecureFX is integrated with SecureCRT, an SSH2 session can also be used as a firewall. When a session is specified as a firewall, the firewall session will be connected first.
Anonymous login
When this option is selected, SecureFX automatically selects anonymous as the username and fills in the password field using the password you supplied in the Global Options/File Transfer/Options dialog. Unselecting this option makes the username and password fields available.
Username
The username used to log on to the remote machine.
Password
The password used to log on to the remote machine.
Account
The account name to be used on the remote machine.
Data connection options group
Use outgoing data connection (PASV)
Checking this box forces all data connections to be originated by SecureFX (using the FTP PASV command). This setting is often needed where a firewall will not allow incoming connections from external FTP servers. When this check box is unchecked, SecureFX will have the FTP server create an incoming data connection instead (using the FTP PORT command).
This check box can also be set to a third, indeterminate state. When the check box is in this state, it appears grayed out and will cause SecureFX to use the Use outgoing data connection setting in the Global Options/File Transfer/FTP dialog.
Directory listing options group
Resolve symbolic links
Checking this box causes SecureFX to include the "L" flag when listing files and directories.
Long format
Checking this box causes SecureFX to include the "-l" flag when listing files and directories. This requests that the FTP server include all available columns of informational output when performing directory listings. This option is usually only useful when the server is a UNIX system. This option is off by default.
All entries
Checking this box causes SecureFX to include the "-a" flag when listing files and directories. This requests that the FTP server include hidden files (including dot files) when performing directory listings. This option is usually only useful when the server is a UNIX system. This option is off by default.
Note: The Do not show dot files option from the Global Options/File Transfer/View dialog will take precedence over the All entries option.