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Re: lynx-dev Trouble accessing ftp site


From: Thomas Dickey
Subject: Re: lynx-dev Trouble accessing ftp site
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 18:39:41 -0500 (EST)

On Fri, 26 Dec 2003, Doug Kaufman wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Dec 2003, Thomas Dickey wrote:
>
> > I saw the report (end of November), but it seemed to me that the given url
> > wasn't a public one.  But this one I can see also:
> >
> > HTFTP: UnEscaped /pub
> >   Tx: RETR /pub^M
> >     Rx: 550 /pub: Not a regular file
> >   Tx: CWD /pub^M
> >     Rx: 250 CWD command successful.
> >   Tx: LIST^M
> > Error on rx: closing socket 5
>
> I am not sure how the interactive ftp clients get the directory listing.
> With either 'quote "LIST"' or 'quote "NLST"', I get:
> 425 Can't build data connection: Connection refused
>
> What is the alternative method of getting the directory listing?

Based on GV's example, I think tracing the connection might be a way to
proceed.  (The clients I have on this box seem to have the messages turned
off - and it's been a long time since I had to know this stuff).

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey
http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net

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