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Protocol group
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SFTP: Select if the FTP server uses SFTP (SSH).
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FTPS: Select if the FTP server uses FTPS (SSL/TSL)
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Port Number Group
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Use default port: Check to use the default port used by the protocol selected above.
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Port number: Set to use a specific port number. Note: There is no validation to ensure the
port is available. It is the user's responsibility to ensure the selected port is available and
not being monitored by another application or another PlanetPress Workflow task.
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File Options group
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Directory: Enter the path of the folder to poll on the FTP server. If this box is left empty,
PlanetPress Workflow will poll the root directory.
Note: The given directory will be looked up from the user's home directory. Such a
home directory is usually under the server main user directory and generally
includes the user’s name. For example, if "/tmp/temp/copy_pending" is entered, it
does not point to the "/tmp/temp/copy_pending" directory but to the "/user-
s/support/tmp/temp/copy_pending" directory.
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Masks: Enter a single file name mask. Multiple entries are not allowed in this box.
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Delete remote file: Check this option to delete the file after it has been retrieved by Work-
flow.
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Connection mode group: This group is only relevant to the FTPS protocol and appears when it
is selected. SFTP uses a single connection channel to download all files.
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Active: Select to prompt the ftp client to use the active mode when retrieving files from the
FTP server.
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Passive: Select to prompt the ftp client to use the passive mode when retrieving files from
the FTP server.
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Reset Download List:
Security Tab
This tab defines the certificates used to connect to the secured FTP servers.
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Accept all certificates: Check this option to automatically accept the certificates returned by the
FTP server. Otherwise, in order for a connection to work, you have to establish a connection first
and then accept a certificate from the List of known servers up to the Approved server list.
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