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Bug 587462 - FTP keepalive is needed to keep the connection open
FTP keepalive is needed to keep the connection open
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gftp
Classification: Other
Component: general
2.0.18
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Brian Masney
Brian Masney
gnome[unmaintained]
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-06-30 19:50 UTC by mvilas
Modified: 2018-07-12 00:13 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description mvilas 2009-06-30 19:50:11 UTC 
Some FTP servers disconnect clients when no activity occurs in a given lapse of time. This could be mitigated by issuing do-nothing commands every once in a while to keep the connection alive.

This should be configurable by the user, where the lapse between keepalive commands can be controlled. The user should also be capable of disabling the feature entirely.

Another possibility would be to automatically reconnect to servers when the connection is dropped. This should also be an option.
Comment 1 Michal Grňo 2013-10-13 09:58:37 UTC 
"This bug also affects me"
Comment 2 André Klapper 2018-07-12 00:13:13 UTC 
gftp is not under active development anymore and has not seen code changes for many years. Its codebase has been archived: https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/gftp/commits/master
The maintainer states that "I would like to hand this project off to someone compotent" on https://www.gftp.org/

Closing this report as WONTFIX as part of Bugzilla Housekeeping to reflect reality. Please feel free to reopen this ticket (or rather transfer the project to GNOME Gitlab, as GNOME Bugzilla is deprecated) if anyone takes the responsibility for active development again.