Re: non anonymous FTP-Problem

From: Henrik Nordstrom <hno@dont-contact.us>
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 1997 00:12:47 +0100

There is a simple workaround (until there is a official patch). Use a
full ftp url.

ftp://user:password@site/...

But a patch is coming that should solve this.

---
Henrik Nordström
Plamen Nikolaev wrote:
> 
> I have the same problem with 1.1.7.  I suspect this is an even older
> bug.  Very bad ... My clients cannot access underground ftp sites :-)
> 
> BTW Anyone with an idea about why VM(emacs) fails to undigestify THIS
> list?  I think it's something about the delimiters (which changed
> several times).
> 
> Plamen Nikolaev
> 
>     Enno> Using squid 1.1.8 I noticed a problem concerning ftp.  I´m
>     Enno> not shure if it´s a configuration error or a bug:
> 
>     Enno> Anonymous FTP (like ftp://host) makes no problem until the
>     Enno> user first tries to make a non anonymous ftp (like
>     Enno> ftp://user@host).  After that squid keeps his userid and
>     Enno> converts every url like ftp://host to ftp://user@host.  Even
>     Enno> trying to do "ftp://anonymous@host" fails. Squid still
>     Enno> replaces "anonymous" with "user".
> 
>     Enno> This occurred with various version of Netscape for Windows
>     Enno> and Unix, Squid is running on a Ultra-Sparc.
> 
>     Enno> Any ideas to solve this?
> 
>     Enno> Enno Hofmann
Received on Thu Mar 06 1997 - 15:24:29 MST

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