Re: FTP 503 error

Charlie:

Prompt the FTP command, and press F10=Additional parameters. You will see:
Start TCP/IP File Transfer (FTP)

 Type choices, press Enter.

 Remote system  . . . . . . . . . ____________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
 Internet address . . . . . . . . _________________
 Coded character set identifier _*DFT________ 1-65533, *DFT
 Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _*DFT________ 1-65535, *DFT, *SECURE
 Secure connection  . . . . . . . _*DFT______ *DFT, *NONE, *SSL, *IMPLICIT








Bottom
 F3=Exit   F4=Prompt   F5=Refresh   F12=Cancel   F13=How to use this display
 F24=More keys


Put the cursor in the "Secure  connection"  field  and press F1=Help.

HTH,

Mark S. Waterbury

> On 11/2/2017 12:47 PM, Versfelt, Charles wrote:

Hi all,

Trying to do regular FTP to a site we haven't connected to before.
Testing it manually before setting up an automatic process.

>From command line FTP 'the.url' I get the expected "Connecting to... using port 21."

When I enter the user id and password I get this:
503 Invalid sequence of commands (AUTH SSL/TLS required prior to authentication).

Any idea what could cause this?

Thanks,
Charlie

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