How to access FTP server in terminal using proxy?

Question

I have Ubuntu 16.04 installed on my pc. My network require http proxy to access the internet.

Say Proxy is "xxx.xx.xx.xx" and port is "8080".

I set up system proxy for http, https and ftp. I am able to access internet through terminal. But I am able to access FTP server only in web browser, not in terminal.

When i try to access FTP server, i get :

user@hostname:~$ ftp ftp.example.org
ftp: connect to address 213.138.116.78: Connection refused
Trying 2001:41c8:112:8300::15:0...
ftp: connect: Network is unreachable
ftp>

It working with VPN.

Any help is appreciated.

Marco · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-25T19:42:32.990

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Install lftp. It has an ftp proxy environment variable that you can set to connect through proxy from the command line. lftp man page

Example:

user@yourmachine:~$ sudo apt-get install lftp

[...]

user@yourmachine:~$ lftp
lftp :~> set ftp:proxy http://proxyuser:proxypass@yourproxyIPorHOSTNAME:port 
lftp :~> open ftp.example.com 
lftp :~> USER ftpUSER
password: ftpPASS

edited Jul 25 '17 at 19:42

answered Jul 25 '17 at 19:00

Marco

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I read the lftp man page and tried but i am not able to access. Can you please tell me exactly what should i do ? – Sanjay Prajapat Jul 25 '17 at 19:34
check out the Example after my edit. – Marco Jul 25 '17 at 19:42
You're welcome. If you think it was helpful mark my answer as solution. – Marco Jul 25 '17 at 19:57

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 09 '19 at 19:37

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Set ftp_proxy in env

export ftp_proxy="http://xxx.xx.xx.xx:8080"

After that when you use ftp command, it is auto add proxy server.
```
ftp ftp.example.org
```
If no longer need proxy.
```
unset ftp_proxy
```

edited Aug 09 '19 at 19:37

RalfFriedl

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answered Aug 09 '19 at 18:57

Kulenthiran Sayanthan

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How to access FTP server in terminal using proxy?

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