# 141: FTP protocol error: 550 failed to change directory

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**Created:** [January 6, 2015, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/141-ftp-protocol-error-550-failed-to-change-directory/32266 "2015-01-06T08:34:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![vlu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vlu](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/vlu)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/141-ftp-protocol-error-550-failed-to-change-directory/32266/1 "2015-01-06T08:34:02Z")

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I tried to ftp files from my company’s server [http://intranet-prd.us.randomhouse.com/intranet/www/](http://intranet-prd.us.randomhouse.com/intranet/www/), but got an error as above.

what did I do wrong?

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**Author:** ![GTDG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/gtdg/32/140_2.png) [@GTDG](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/GTDG)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2015, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/141-ftp-protocol-error-550-failed-to-change-directory/32266/2 "2015-01-06T09:16:48Z")

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Try setting your FTP server to [http://intranet-prd.us.randomhouse.com/](http://intranet-prd.us.randomhouse.com/) and setting the remote directory to intranet/www

Greg

**From:** vlu [[mailto:bounce-vlu@toadworld.com](mailto:bounce-vlu@toadworld.com)]

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I tried to ftp files from my company’s server  
[http://intranet-prd.us.randomhouse.com/intranet/www/](http://intranet-prd.us.randomhouse.com/intranet/www/), but got an error as above.

what did I do wrong?

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