# Problems with FTP PUSH 2 messages from 2020-08-18 to 2020-08-18. Participants: Ian S. Worthington, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/54061 ## Ian S. Worthington, 2020-08-18 11:46 Subject: Problems with FTP PUSH Message-ID: <196yHRLtV8416Set.1597751181@web13.cms.usa.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/196yHRLtV8416Set.1597751181%40web13.cms.usa.net ``` Hi guys -- I have a server without https and so I'm trying to establish if I can host a repository there using ftp. The manuals suggest that I can, but when I try: >git push -v ftp://user:pw@host//u/path/repos/test/.git/ Pushing to ftp://user:pw@host//u/path/repos/test/.git/ fatal: unable to access 'ftp://host//u/path/repos/test/.git/': RETR response: 550 Looking at it with wireshark, I can see the SIZE and the RETR of .../test/.git/info/refs reports the file does not exist, which is correct and, as far as I can see, normal(?), but that the RETR failure terminates the push: Have I made an error in the setup of my repos, or some other foolish mistake? Best wishes, i ... Ian S Worthington ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2020-08-18 20:08 Subject: Re: Problems with FTP PUSH Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqqeeo3yawr.fsf%40gitster.c.googlers.com In-Reply-To: <196yHRLtV8416Set.1597751181@web13.cms.usa.net> ``` "Ian S. Worthington" writes: > I have a server without https and so I'm trying to establish if I can host a > repository there using ftp. The manuals suggest that I can, but when I try: Which manuals? IIUC, a dumb HTTP(S) server that accepts only GET can still serve "git fetch", and an FTP(s) server would be able to do the same using similar codepath, but I do not think these can accept "git push". A dumb HTTP(S) may be able to accept "git push" if it does WebDAV, but I do not think there is corresponding FTP support at all. ```