Re: [Midnight Commander] #1448: FTP protocol in Midnight Commander is unusable [metabug]
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Reporter: birdie | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: Future Releases
Component: mc-vfs | Version: master
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Changes (by andrew_b):
* branch_state: => no branch
* milestone: 4.8 => Future Releases
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Ticket URL: <http://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/1448#comment:6>
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Reporter: birdie | Owner:
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Comment (by phil):
Replying to [comment:5 birdie]:
> Replying to [ticket:1448 birdie]:
>
> >
> > 5. If MC has lost the connection with an FTP server, it returns to a
.. directory, not . directory (say you were in ftp://server.com/pub/files,
after reconnect MC will show you ftp://server.com/pub directory)
>
> Still true.
Still true after 3 more years and with the new VFS.
> > 6. MC is unable to do/complete any operations with a remote FTP
server, after the connection has been lost (F5/F6/F8/etc).
>
> It's absolutely annoying when you select 10 out of 5000 files on a
remote server only to know that MC has lost the connection and upon
reconnect it doesn't show the same FTP directory and of course loses the
selection.
Still there...
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Ticket URL: <http://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/1448#comment:7>
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Comment (by kohts):
FTP doesn't seem to work in GNU Midnight Commander 4.7.0.2
connecting to Microsoft Internet Information Services FTP site.
Here's corresponding FTP log (mc --ftplog=/tmp/ftp.log):
{{{
220 Microsoft FTP Service
MC -- remote_is_amiga = 0
USER anonymous
331 Anonymous access allowed, send identity (e-mail name) as password.
PASS <Password not logged>
230 User logged in.
PWD
257 "/" is current directory.
CWD /
250 CWD command successful.
EPSV
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||58749|)
TYPE A
200 Type set to A.
LIST -la
125 Data connection already open; Transfer starting.
10-15-13 10:08AM <DIR> analytics
05-27-14 05:16AM <DIR> aspnet_client
11-20-14 12:36PM 161645801 DiscIntercity.tsv
11-20-14 12:47PM 2031110 DiscLocal.tsv
03-22-15 01:15PM <DIR> INC0023508
12-23-14 12:35PM 3403603000 Initial_KPI_20141223_62808477.CSV
10-14-13 04:07PM <DIR> segment
11-20-14 02:54AM 399282436 SSUnlimAll.tsv
10-14-13 04:07PM <DIR> subscriber
03-22-15 05:51PM <DIR> tmp
11-20-14 11:45AM 773305597 UnlimOnnet.tsv
226 Transfer complete.
QUIT
}}}
In the midnight command UI I get several "Cannot parse" error messages:
10-15-13 10:08AM <DIR> analytics.
05-27-14 05:16AM <DIR> aspnet_client.
11-20-14 12:36PM 161645801 !DiscIntercity.tsv.
11-20-14 12:47PM 2031110 !DiscLocal.tsv.
And finally:
More parsing errors will be ignored.
There's "FTP Directory browsing" configuration screen in IIS
where I have "Directory Listing Style" option set to "MS-DOS"
(with alternative being "UNIX"), unfortunately I can't change it
(production environment), probably setting it to UNIX would fix the issue.
Anyway, would be nice to support "MS-DOS" option too.
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Ticket URL: <http://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/1448#comment:8>
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Reporter: birdie | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
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Comment (by boris):
Replying to [comment:8 kohts]:
> FTP doesn't seem to work in GNU Midnight Commander 4.7.0.2
> connecting to Microsoft Internet Information Services FTP site.
>
Similar problem is described in #3174, probably the patch attached there
may help. At present, mc does not understand FTP listings returned by
Microsoft servers.
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Ticket URL: <http://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/1448#comment:9>
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Reporter: birdie | Owner:
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Comment (by rpgmaker):
> 5. If MC has lost connection with an FTP server, it doesn't reconnect
automatically.
` `
Seven years after this was reported and it's still true. This makes mc
essentially useless as an FTP client.
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Ticket URL: <http://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/1448#comment:10>