Re: ftpget or netscape bug?

On Thu, 13 Feb 1997, Tim Carlier wrote:

> >From Netscape, I did an ftp to a machine specifying a username such as:
>
> ftp://tim@hostname
>
> This worked fine, as it would normally, asking for a password before
> letting me in. The problem is that now, when I go somewhere else,
>
> ftp://archie.au (for example)
>
> It tries to login to this host using 'tim' as the username. Squid
> returns an expected error message like:

As manager of archie.au , I can assure Mr. Carlier that this response has
nothing to do with Squid. I do not recall ever having a user id called tim

Wayne

>
> --
> "While trying to retrieve the URL: ftp://tim@archie.au/
>
> The following FTP error was encountered:
>
> User tim access denied....
>
> This means that:
>
> An FTP protocol error occurred. Please try again."
> --
>
> Is this a 'feature' of Netscape or ftpget which is causing the
> memory-effect??? How do I get around this?!?!
>
> I'm running Squid 1.1.6 under Linux 2.0.29.
>
> --
> Tim Carlier Tim.Carlier@OZsupermalls.com.au
> Internet Supervisor Phone : +61 9 322 6230
> PCU Computer Systems Australia Fax : +61 9 322 4471
>
Received on Thu Feb 13 1997 - 03:54:04 MST