cannot open any ftp:// address

[Giovanni]

When i try to open an ftp address, i get a failure message, like this one:
The requested operation could not be completed
Accesso negato
Details of the Request:
URL: ftp://example.site.com
Protocol: ftp
Date and Time: Monday 20 October 2008 16:32
Additional Information: smb://example.site.com

  The same if i click on a ftp link. This time the message is:
Access denied to smb://castellodilari.it

It seems that there is a switch to smb protocol.

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

Where do you click that, or what type of link?
In what applcation?
In what Kubunt release?
With what version of the application?

[Giovanni (giovannibis)]

You're right, i missed some useful information...
I get this error when i directly write the ftp address on location bar (in konquror or dolphin). I've tried to get to the address by clicking on the address displayed in a konsole session (right click->open link)
All this with konqueror/dolphin that came with kde 4.1.2, in a ubuntu intrepid ibex (8.10) beta version, daily updated.

thanks,
  Giovanni

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

If you try to connect via a console it works? ... i.e. via the ftp console application

[Giovanni (giovannibis)]

Yes. If i open i terminal and try ftp example.site.com it works as expected.

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

Works for me.

Please try with another ftp server (e.g. ftp://ftp.kde.org)

[Giovanni (giovannibis)]

I've experimented a bit, and probably i've found where the problem is. If the proxy configuration is as in the image attached, i got the error i've reported. If i set "no proxy", all is ok.

Hope this help.

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

Hm, it appears to me this is part of the greater proxy brokeness then... which hopefully gets fixed in time for Kubuntu 9.04, nothing we can do right now unfortunately.