Re: LYNX-DEV Two bugs in Lynx,

[Foteos Macrides]

Joe Kislo <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>> Follow the Lynx H)elp to tutorials and specs for the supported URLs,
>> which include ftp which includes a form for embedding what you need.
>
>       Okay, thanks.  I got what I needed.  However I've run into two
>problems/bugs in lynx.
>
>First:  In lynx 2-7, imbedding the username and password in the ftp URL does
>not work.  The same command works fine with 2-6 and 2-5.  
>Here's my command
>lynx ftp://username:address@hidden/
>
>The same command line works fine under 2-5 and 2-6, however it does NOT work
>under 2-7.  If you do a trace you can discover it's trying to do a DNS
>lookup on username:password.  Something is busted here.

        A patch to fix that glitch has been posted.


>Second:  There is a problem in the HTFTP code in lynx.  I have a trace I'll
>include which will detail the problem.  The problem is when you try to ftp
>into an MVS ftp server.  Lynx tries to decode the URL line:
>lynx http://username:address@hidden/blahlbah.blah.com

        The Lynx ftp gateway does not support MVS ftp servers.


>[...]Hopefully someone there is familure with MVS. [...]

        The hope must have two parts:  familiarity with MVS and
ability to add that support to the ftp gateway.

        So far, that combination has not been realized.
        
        The Lynx ftp gateway does support CMS/VM ftp servers, and perhaps
that code could provide a basic model of how to do it for MVS servers.

                                Fote

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