Question

i’m getting error in java ftp code.

SimpleFTP could not request passive mode.
i copied this code from net. but it’s not working

    sendLine("PASV");
    String response = readLine();
    System.out.println(response);
    System.out.println(response);
    if (!response.startsWith("227")) {
        throw new IOException("SimpleFTP could not request passive mode: " + response);
    }

Answer 1

It looks like you’re able to connect to the ftp server – otherwise you had received IOExceptions or NullPointerExceptions much earlier.

Problem is, that you can’t establish a passive mode connection. If the server is a standard product, then I assume, it would respond correctly with a 227 message.

If I had to debug, I’d start with the following:

1. use a normal shell based ftp client and try to enter passive mode manually. Maybe you get a different response, maybe the server just sends one empty line before the real message
2. use a network sniffer like wireshark to monitor traffic.
3. try to connect to a different ftp server
4. check firewall settings – those may block passive mode because it uses different ports