Some more info on this - here is the output of maven -X Attempting to download xyz-1.0.jar. Getting URL: ftp://n123/xyz/jars/xyz-1.0.jar username is xyz; password hidden Error retrieving artifact from [ftp://n123/xyz/jars/xyz-1.0.jar]: java.net.ProtocolException: Server redirected too many times (20) Username was 'uname', password hidden Error details java.net.ProtocolException: Server redirected too many times (20) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance( NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java: 39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance (DelegatingConstructorAccessorIm pl.java:27) at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:494) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection$6.run(HttpURLConnection.java :1186) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getChainedException( HttpURLConnection.java:11 80) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream( HttpURLConnection.java:877) at sun.net.www.protocol.ftp.FtpURLConnection.getInputStream( FtpURLConnection.java:356) at org.apache.maven.util.HttpUtils.getFile(HttpUtils.java:448) at org.apache.maven.util.HttpUtils.getFile(HttpUtils.java:287) at org.apache.maven.util.HttpUtils.getFile(HttpUtils.java:181) at org.apache.maven.verifier.DependencyVerifier.getRemoteArtifact( DependencyVerifier.java:35 1) at org.apache.maven.verifier.DependencyVerifier.getDependencies( DependencyVerifier.java:280)
at org.apache.maven.verifier.DependencyVerifier.satisfyDependencies( DependencyVerifier.java: 171) at org.apache.maven.verifier.DependencyVerifier.verify( DependencyVerifier.java:97) at org.apache.maven.project.Project.verifyDependencies(Project.java:1367) at org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginManager.attainGoals(PluginManager.java:641) at org.apache.maven.MavenSession.attainGoals(MavenSession.java:263) at org.apache.maven.jelly.tags.maven.ReactorTag.doTag(ReactorTag.java:368) at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:279) at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:135) at org.apache.maven.jelly.tags.werkz.MavenGoalTag.runBodyTag( MavenGoalTag.java:79) at org.apache.maven.jelly.tags.werkz.MavenGoalTag$MavenGoalAction.performAction (MavenGoalTag .java:110) at com.werken.werkz.Goal.fire(Goal.java:639) at com.werken.werkz.Goal.attain(Goal.java:575) at com.werken.werkz.WerkzProject.attainGoal(WerkzProject.java:193) at org.apache.maven.jelly.tags.werkz.MavenAttainGoalTag.doTag( MavenAttainGoalTag.java:127) at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.TagScript.run(TagScript.java:279) at org.apache.commons.jelly.impl.ScriptBlock.run(ScriptBlock.java:135) at org.apache.maven.jelly.tags.werkz.MavenGoalTag.runBodyTag( MavenGoalTag.java:79) at org.apache.maven.jelly.tags.werkz.MavenGoalTag$MavenGoalAction.performAction (MavenGoalTag .java:110) at com.werken.werkz.Goal.fire(Goal.java:639) at com.werken.werkz.Goal.attain(Goal.java:575) at org.apache.maven.plugin.PluginManager.attainGoals(PluginManager.java:671) at org.apache.maven.MavenSession.attainGoals(MavenSession.java:263) at org.apache.maven.cli.App.doMain(App.java:488) at org.apache.maven.cli.App.main(App.java:1239) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java :39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke( DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) at com.werken.forehead.Forehead.run(Forehead.java:551) at com.werken.forehead.Forehead.main(Forehead.java:581) Caused by: java.net.ProtocolException: Server redirected too many times (20) at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream( HttpURLConnection.java:1141) at sun.net.www.protocol.ftp.FtpURLConnection.getInputStream( FtpURLConnection.java:356) at sun.net.www.URLConnection.getHeaderField(URLConnection.java:66) at java.net.URLConnection.getHeaderFieldDate(URLConnection.java:597) at java.net.URLConnection.getLastModified(URLConnection.java:526) at org.apache.maven.util.HttpUtils.getFile(HttpUtils.java:440) ... 34 more WARNING: Failed to download xyz-1.0.jar.
