FTP problem

[Guest]

Hey everyone, whenever I try to enable FTP, a window pops up saying could not save temporary file! Please make sure C:\Yawcam\tmp exists.

I checked and it does.
I know my ftp settings are correct

any idea of what's going on???

[Guest]

Anybody?????

I can take a screenshot if u like

[Guest]

The error message I get when I try to enable FTP:

[malun]

Please delete all files in your c:\Program Files\Yawcam\tmp and try again.

If this doesn't help, please download http://www.tmp.yawcam.com/yaw_debug.bat and save it into your Yawcam directory.
Now start Yawcam by double clicking on yaw_debug.bat
Run Yawcam until you get the error, then exit.
Now check the c:\Program Files\Yawcam\debug_log.txt
Send this file in an e-mail to me.
This will hopefully give some more information when trying to find the problem.

/malun

[pschommer]

Have you found a solution to this?

I think the problem is that the user doesn't have authority to write to c:\program files\yawcam\tmp. I'm getting the same problem when using a limited user account in XP SP3.

Is there a way to change the default local folder for FTP?

[tellmewhy]

I don't know if this can help you,
But you can try to change the properties for the folder.

• Open your Windows Explorer.
• Open the folder structure and browse to directory "C:\Program Files\Yawcam\tmp"
• Select directory "C:\Program Files\Yawcam\tmp", so the content of it is displayed on the right half of the screen.
  
  
• Right click the directory and select "Properties" in the short cut menu.
  
  
• Unselect the option Read-only
  Select the option Archive
  
  
• Click to change the settings.
• A messages box appears on the screen.
  
  
• Select the option "Apply changes to this folder, subfolders and files".
• Confirm your actions with .
• Close the Property window of the folder by clicking again.

Nothing in the registry,
Nothing in the "yawcam_settings.xml" file.
This is mine :

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<java version="1.6.0_03" class="java.beans.XMLDecoder"> 
 <object class="yawcam.SettingsHolder"> 
  <void property="conPublicIP"> 
   <string>[my_public_IP]</string> 
  </void> 
  <void property="firstTime"> 
   <boolean>false</boolean> 
  </void> 
  <void property="s_log"> 
   <boolean>true</boolean> 
  </void> 
 </object> 
</java> 

[BlueKnight84]

I had the same problem but I seem to have fixed it.

First of all, the problem (at least in my case) was due to the limited user account not having write permissions for that particular folder (C:/Program Files/Yawcam/tmp).

Log in as the Administrator and follow the directions in this help file from Microsoft by clicking below:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/usin ... ecurityTab.

You should only have to check the 'Write' box for the user you want to give those permissions to.

NOTE:
At first, it wouldn't display the Security tab for me. If that happens to you, follow the directions at the bottom of the Microsoft help page to be able to enable it (To display the Security tab). And if you have the Explorer window open, close it and reopen it. The tab should appear after you have closed the Explorer window and reopened it.

[pschommer]

Thank you, thank you, thank you BlueKnight.
The missing part of the puzzle was "how to get the security tab to appear." Once that was visible, I set the \TMP folder permissions to WRITE for all users. Works like a charm.

Other posts show how to start and run the app as a different user. I tried this, but all Windows did was throw up a prompt at startup so I could run the app as an administrator. Worked if I was sitting there, but I'm usually not.

BlueKnight's fix did the trick for me. Thanks again.