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need to set user ID and password for secure FTP site.

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AnselmP995
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I would like to use firefox instead of IE. In IE, when I go to a secured FTP site (using ftp://blah.blah.blah) , I can right-click, and select the option "LOGIN AS", and proceed. I have looked but cannot find a comparable option in Firefox

I would like to use firefox instead of IE. In IE, when I go to a secured FTP site (using ftp://blah.blah.blah) , I can right-click, and select the option "LOGIN AS", and proceed. I have looked but cannot find a comparable option in Firefox

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TonyE
TonyE
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The FireFTP add-on may be of use, it is a free FTP/SFTP client for Mozilla Firefox - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/fireftp/

cor-el
cor-el
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If you only need read access then you can add the name to the URL:

You will be prompted for the password