Re: accessing ftp.cvshome.org

[Larry Jones]

Mike Castle writes:
> 
> Has anyone else noticed problems accessing ftp.cvshome.org?
> 
> >From work, it fails a "dir" command from NT or Linux.  Neither IE nor Lynx
> work either.

What, exactly, do you mean by "fails"?  Do you get an error message?  If
so, what is it?  If not, what happens?

In my experience, publicfile refuses to talk on the standard FTP data
port -- attempting to use it will cause the connection to hang.  You
either have to enable sending port commands or use passive mode.

> I can ftp from home, however, all of the directory listings are bogus
> (everything has the time stamp of the time the command was executed rather
> than the correct time on the file).

My guess is that that's an intentional feature of publicfile, either for
"security" or for performance.

-Larry Jones

Life's a lot more fun when you're not responsible for your actions. -- Calvin