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Re: ftp error on cambridge.cygnus.com
- To: Les Schaffer <godzilla at netmeg dot net>
- Subject: Re: ftp error on cambridge.cygnus.com
- From: Jeffrey A Law <law at hurl dot cygnus dot com>
- Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 15:18:18 -0700
- cc: egcs at cygnus dot com
- Reply-To: law at cygnus dot com
In message <366C4AC2.7FD03F04@netmeg.net>you write:
> i have tried to ftp egcs from the cambridge.cygnus.com site as per your
> download web page.but i continually get a failureto complete the login
> when i use ncftp.
>
> the reported error is:
>
> ncftp> open egcs
> Connecting to
> 192.80.44.1...
> tweedledumb.cygnus.com FTP server (Version 5.60) ready.
> Logging
> in...
> Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
> Logged in to
> cambridge.cygnus.com.
> Could not get remote working directory: server said: .
>
> can this be fixed so that downloads can be done with a reasonable ftp
> client rather than netscape?
If I had a clue what the problem was, then I'd try:
Connected to tweedledumb.cygnus.com.
220 tweedledumb.cygnus.com FTP server (Version 5.60) ready.
Name (cambridge.cygnus.com:law): ftp
331 Guest login ok, send ident as password.
Password:
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> cd pub
cd 250 CWD command successful.
ftp> egcs
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
total 3
-rw-rw-r-- 1 253 1002 890 Sep 3 05:46 README
drwxrwxr-x 2 253 1002 512 Dec 4 1997 infrastructure
drwxrwxr-x 3 253 1002 512 Dec 4 07:05 releases
226 Transfer complete.
ftp> cd releases
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
total 7
drwxr-xr-x 2 220 1002 1536 Dec 4 07:35 egcs-1.1.1
-rw-rw-r-- 1 253 1002 5051 Dec 4 07:05 index.html
226 Transfer complete.
It works for a traditional ftp client, netscape, I don't see anything weird
with the cambridge setup. I don't know what to do.
jeff