ftp - 421 Sorry, cleartext sessions are not accepted on this server.

Question

I'm trying to access an ftp from my web browser, but I get the following error : 421 Sorry, cleartext sessions are not accepted on this server. Any ideas?

Answer 1

"421 Sorry, cleartext sessions are not accepted on this server" means that the server is using "FTP Over Explicit TLS/SSL". This is a Good Thing.

You might be able to fix it by giving the protocol "ftpes:" instead of "ftp:":

• ftpes://ftp.somesite.com/some_folder

  ... or ...

• ftps://ftp.somesite.com/some_folder

You'll probably need to use another FTP client besides your default browser.

I don't know if newer versions of IE support FTP over SSL.

Filezilla might be a good choice:

• https://filezilla-project.org/