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From: Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
To: egcs@cygnus.com
Subject: Re: ftp error on cambridge.cygnus.com
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 12:15:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <19981208190716.A2986@cerebro.laendle> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <27568.913069098@hurl.cygnus.com>

On Mon, Dec 07, 1998 at 03:18:18PM -0700, Jeffrey A Law wrote:
> 
> 
>   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:

I guess "pwd" doesn't work (ncftp does this). Are the permissions
on all paths correct (i.e. rx?)

In any case, ncftp users can ignore that error safely.

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  reply	other threads:[~1998-12-08 12:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1998-12-07 13:39 Les Schaffer
1998-12-07 14:19 ` Jeffrey A Law
1998-12-08 12:15   ` Marc Lehmann [this message]
1998-12-09 15:53     ` Ken Raeburn

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