Re: ftp url problem?

Rodney Holm wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> On a squid 1.1.20 NOVM, Linux, I put the following url into my browser:
> This is the absolute path of the file.
>
> ftp://username:password@hostname/home/ftp/someuser/somefile.exe
...
> If I change the url to the follwing:
>
> ftp://username:password@hostname/somefile.exe

This is Netscapes fault.. The URL is not a valid URL for that resource.
Eigher change it like you did, or encode a / at the beginning by using
ftp://username:password@hostname/%2f/home/ftp/someuser/somefile.exe or a
variation thereof.

Squid 1.2 includes a workaround to this Netscape problem.

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Henrik Nordström
Sparetime Squid Hacker