Where did you find a host that starts with a dot? Doesn't that go directly against networking standards of using the dot as a separator?
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Tetsuo <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > Thanks for this great software ! > > I try to access a server with a username who begin with a dot > character and lftp cannot connect. > (LFTP Version 3.6.1) > > The username is : > > .name.ftp.host > [dot]name[dot]ftp[dot]host > > I try: > > lftp -u <.name.ftp.host>,<pass> <host> > lftp ftp://<.name.ftp.host>:<pass>@<host> > lftp in interactive mode with user command > > I try to > > escape dot character with \ > protect username in "" '' > > lftp will never connect. > > When use the ftp command and standard interactive identification all is ok. > > Can someone help me with this issue ? > Many thanks in advance. >
