Re: [AVFS] ftp problems with ncftp server

> I got a report about ftp not working for a ncftp server. The reason is
> the LIST command sent by the ftp module. The ncftp server does not allow
> the argument "-an". The easiest solution is to just use "-al". I
> already tested it and it works but of course the user/group aren't
> numerical. The ls parser can handle this although the parser looks up
> the wrong names. A nicer solution could be a fall back to "-al" only if
> "-an" gives a ftp error but I don't think it's worth the effort. What
> is your opinion?

I agree.  Probably keeping the numeric ids is not at all important.

> There is another small problem with the ncftp server. For whatever
> reason the server waits a second before responding to the NOOP command
> which is used to test the connection. Is this something we should care of?

It's use could possibly be eliminated, by checking for the specific
error "421" in all ftp commands and reopen the connection in that
case.

Thanks,
Miklos


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