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Bug 521509 - gFTP should not disconnect on 4xx return code from server
gFTP should not disconnect on 4xx return code from server
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gftp
Classification: Other
Component: general
2.0.18
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Brian Masney
Brian Masney
gnome[unmaintained]
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-03-10 06:07 UTC by petrosyan
Modified: 2018-07-01 08:42 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description petrosyan 2008-03-10 06:07:51 UTC
This is a copy of bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=145711

Not every ftp server has a default working directory upon logon.

When gFTP connects and logs on it issues a PWD command.
When there is no default working directory, gFTP sees return code 450
and promptly disconnects, saying it will try again 30 seconds.

This is wrong. gFTP should remain connected, and allow the user to use
the drop down menus to manually change directory.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.0.17

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. ftp to: sruvm.sru.edu
2. anonymous

Actual Results:  Looking up sruvm.sru.edu
Trying sruvm.sru.edu:21
Connected to sruvm.sru.edu:21
220-FTPSERVE IBM VM V2R4 at SRUVM.SRU.EDU, 12:59:21 EST THURSDAY 01/20/05
220 Connection will close if idle for more than 5 minutes.
USER anonymous

230-ANONYMOU logged in; no working directory defined
230 File pool SERVER5 unavailable or unknown;
SYST

215-VM/ESA Version 2 Release 3.0, service level 9902
    VM/CMS Level 14, Service Level 902
215 VM is the operating system of this server.
TYPE I

200 Representation type is IMAGE.
PWD

450 No current working directory defined
Invalid response '4' received from server.
Disconnecting from site sruvm.sru.edu
Waiting 30 seconds until trying to connect again

Expected Results:  gFTP should have left well enough alone and stayed
connected after getting the 450 from the PWD command.

Additional info:

I'm setting this as "high severity", not because it crashes etc, but
because it diminshes the usefulness of the program... there's no way
to effectively use the ftp server if the server doesn't have a default
working directory.

4xx erros from FTP means the condition is temporary and may be tried
again..... so gFTP must not disconnect from the server in those cases.
Comment 1 André Klapper 2018-07-01 08:42:37 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.