That means the supplied credentials are wrong (for the second case). Provide correct credentials and it should work. Check Checking Connection to Oracle Database for testing the connectivity. In case , the credentials are correct, then may be the connection path is wrong e.g. in OracleConnection connection = new OracleConnection(@connectionPath); check the value for @connectionPath e.g. string connectionPath = "Data Source=orcl;User Id=scott;Password=tiger;Persist Security Info=False"; Hope this will help. [^] Niladri Biswas (Code Project MVP 2012)

The code seems right. // Get the object used to communicate with the server. FtpWebRequest request = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("ftp://www.testdomain.com/test.htm"); But what is wrong is the directory path. As you said, the path doesn't exists, then you should not use that. Do one thing, Type: ftp://server from windows explorer enter your login details and check the right path. Hope this helps. cheers