On Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 01:43:24PM -0800, Doug Kaufman wrote: > There is a ftp site that I am having trouble accessing using various > builds of lynx on different operating systems. I can access individual > files, but it fails to get a list of files in a directory. Looking > at the packets sent from DOS, it appears that a ftp connection is > made, but no list of files is generated. I can access the site with a > standard interactive ftp client from unix, Windows, or DOS, and with > Internet Explorer from Win98. It works OK when specifying a specific > file, such as "ftp://ftp.oldskool.org/pub/tvdog/internet/README";, > but fails with a directory such as "ftp://ftp.oldskool.org/pub";. The > server identifies itself as "ProFTPD 1.2.5rc1", and a "SYST" command > returns "215 UNIX type: L8".
Looking at the changelog for ProFTPD, it seems that these people started testing it against the RFCs about 6 months after this version was released. The workaround used in at least one other client is to reconnect when the 550 is received. That's a possible solution. Or (either way this is a fair amount of work ;-), I could test 1.2.9 to see if the bug's been fixed. As I read it, the 550 is incorrect - 553 should be returned. The server shouldn't get confused. But that's only RFC959 (we've got those gnomes making a nice mess ;-). -- Thomas E. Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net ; To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send "unsubscribe lynx-dev" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
