I get the error message Please specify server password even though I don't need a password to connect to the FTP server.

I get the error message "Please specify server password." even though I don't need a password to connect to the FTP server.

The problem probably has to do with your setting for Package Protection Level. Even though the error is different, please see this article for an explanation:

Why do I get the following error when executing a package under a SQL Server Agent job: "Failed to decrypt protected XML node "ServerPassword" with error 0x8009000B..."?