Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx ftp://ftp.slackware.no

[Thomas Dickey]

On Mon, 8 Feb 2010, Stefan Caunter wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 7:15 AM, Bert Raven <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > When using lynx-2.8.6rel.5 (lynx-2.8.6rel.5-x86_64-2; Slackware64 13.0) and
> > 'Lynx Version 2.8.8.dev.2' , I can not acces ftp//ftp.slackware.no :
> >
> > Can't Access `ftp://ftp.slackware.no/'
> > Alert!: Unable to access document.
>
> It's a "Beta" project; the ftp daemon is betaftpd ...
>
> $ ftp ftp.slackware.no
> Connected to ftp.slackware.no.
> 220 BetaFTPD 0.0.8pre18 ready.
> Name (ftp.slackware.no:stef): ftp
> 331 Login OK, send password (your e-mail).
>
> A quick google for "betaftpd lynx" shows the home page of the project
> acknowledges problems working with lynx and IE, and efforts at further
> RFC959 compliance.

It's expecting a passive-ftp connection (but using -passive-ftp doesn't
improve it).  Use the -trace option to see what's going on.  (It's also
possible that there's something amiss with lynx's passive-ftp since that's
used relatively infrequently).

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