Lua

Connect to an FTP Server Without Logging In

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.ConnectOnly method, which establishes the connection (including any proxy and TLS setup) and receives the greeting, but does not send USER or PASS. It takes no arguments; authentication is completed with LoginAfterConnectOnly.

Background: Splitting connect from login gives you a window between the two — to read the greeting, decide which account to use, or set up TLS options that depend on the server — that the all-in-one Connect does not. After ConnectOnly the control connection is open and CheckConnection returns true even though the session is not yet authenticated.

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Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- Demonstrates the Ftp2.ConnectOnly method, which establishes the connection (including any proxy
-- and TLS setup) and receives the greeting, but does NOT send USER or PASS.  It takes no
-- arguments.  Authentication is completed separately with LoginAfterConnectOnly.

local ftp = chilkat.Ftp2.new()

ftp.hostname = "ftp.example.com"
ftp.port = 21

-- Connect without logging in.
local success = ftp:connect_only()
if not success then
    print(ftp.last_error_text)
    return
end

print("Connected (not yet logged in).")

-- The greeting is now available; credentials can be set based on it, then authenticate.
ftp.username = "myFtpLogin"
ftp.password = "myPassword"

success = ftp:login_after_connect_only()
if not success then
    print(ftp.last_error_text)
    return
end

print("Logged in.")

success = ftp:disconnect()
if not success then
    print(ftp.last_error_text)
    return
end