FTP url opening issue in browser with macos

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FTP url opening issue in browser with macos

#1 Post by MaTe0r » 2023-07-05 10:11

Hello,

I have an issue with opening a ftp:// url through the Chrome Browser with FileZilla
This url is formed like this : ftp://username:password@host

I configured with SwiftDefaultApps to open FileZilla.app by default for ftp:// URL's

The issue is the FileZilla app open well but the connection is not started or recognized.
I tried with CyberDuck FTP and it open well the connection

How can FileZilla take the host, username and password to automatically connect to server ?
It works well on a windows 10 with FileZilla but not MacOS (Ventura).

Thank you,
Have a good day,

Matéo

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Re: FTP url opening issue in browser with macos

#2 Post by botg » 2023-07-06 07:15

FileZilla does not implement macOS' approach to URL handling.

Note that you shouldn't pass passwords in URLs. I don't know how precisely URL passing works in macOS, but in general that's not a secure approach. URLs passed as program start arguments are considered public information, data visible to all users of the system.

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