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Re: LYNX-DEV Two bugs in Lynx,
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Re: LYNX-DEV Two bugs in Lynx, |
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Wed, 19 Feb 1997 19:35:59 -0500 (EST) |
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.
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