Constructing explicit FTP urls in your browser to include FTP server login credentials

Products

• ProxySG Software - SGOS

Issue/Introduction

Constructing explicit FTP URLs in your browser to include FTP server login credentials
You want to know how to construct explicit FTP URLs in your browser to include FTP server login credentials

Resolution

STANDARD:
ftp://user:[email protected]/path
USER/PASS

Because the @ symbol is a delimiter that the ProxySG uses to separate the credentials from the FTP server, use of the symbol in a username or password must be referenced using the hex representation of the symbol.

USERNAMES WITH @ SYMBOL:
ftp://user%40bluecoat:[email protected]/path
USER@BLUECOAT/PASS