# Ftp Connect - with proxy - problem
**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/ftp-connect-with-proxy-problem/883
**Category:** Discussion
**Created:** [June 23, 2008, 11:10am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/ftp-connect-with-proxy-problem/883 "2008-06-23T11:10:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2008, 11:10am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/ftp-connect-with-proxy-problem/883/1 "2008-06-23T11:10:20Z")
I can connect to an ftp server directly from a command prompt without a problem but can't make the connection via FinalBuilder's FTP Connect action. There is a proxy involved. The procedure via the command promp would be:-
ftp ftp.xx.zzz.com
user uuuuuu
ppppp {password}
user [anonymous@ftp.xx.zzz.com](mailto:anonymous@ftp.xx.zzz.com)
@blabla.com {password}
user uuuuuu
ppppp {password}
I've entered the above info in the ftp connection action in the 'Server & Authentication' and 'FTP Proxy' tabs but it fails to connect. eg. 'Error connection to : ftp.xx.zzz.com, must be connected to remote server'. The only filed that isn't obvious is 'Porxy Type' on the 'FTP Proxy' tab but I've tried every one of those options without the success. It's frustrating as I would like to use FB's FTP actions even though I could just call a .bat file that made the connection. Any suggestions for getting FTP Connect working?
Regards,
Clive
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### Author:  [@Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Vincent)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/ftp-connect-with-proxy-problem/883/2 "2008-06-23T01:15:06Z")
Hi Clive
what proxy are you using?
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### Author:  [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/ftp-connect-with-proxy-problem/883/3 "2008-06-24T02:14:19Z")
Well, it’s [anonymous@ftp.xx.zzz.com](mailto:anonymous@ftp.xx.zzz.com). If you imagine the ftp stuff in my first post is the .txt file input to an ftp session, the first level authentication is via ‘user uuuuuu’ and the password, ‘ppppp’. To make progress from there, you would need to do ‘user [anonymous@ftp.xx.zzz.com](mailto:anonymous@ftp.xx.zzz.com)’ followed by the next input, ‘@blabla.com’. Once that has authenticated, you would need to input the original user again… ‘user uuuuuu’ and the password.
Clive
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### Author:  [@Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Vincent)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2008, 11:59am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/ftp-connect-with-proxy-problem/883/4 "2008-06-24T11:59:02Z")
What I meant was, what proxy product are you using?
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### Author:  [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2008, 4:39am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/ftp-connect-with-proxy-problem/883/5 "2008-07-03T04:39:02Z")
Vincent,
We’re not using a proxy product. Anyone could connect to the remote ftp server if they new the usernames and passwords - as per the info in my first post. I don’t understand it fully as I haven’t seen anything like it before but the other organisation we are downloading data from seem to ahve implemented another level of security consisting of an extra username ([anonymous@ftp.xx.zzz.com](mailto:anonymous@ftp.xx.zzz.com)) and password. The FTP commands in my first post are exactly what appear in the FTP command file (depersonalised). As I said, I can run it ok as a .bat file plus the ftp command file and call the .bat file from FinalBuilder. I would rather use the Finalbuilder FTP actions.
Clive