You are right, the error was that I had created the directory as root, and was trying to write as user. Now it is working, thanks a lot Antonio.
Shao Zhang wrote: > What version of wget are you using? > Are you actually in the directory that is writable by the user? > > Mine is 1.5.3 and it works. See output below: > [13:32|pts/[EMAIL PROTECTED] % wget -r -np > ftp://ftp.us.kde.org:21/pub/kde/stable/latest/distribution/deb/potato/i386/ > --13:34:26-- > ftp://ftp.us.kde.org:21/pub/kde/stable/latest/distribution/deb/potato/i386/

