ftp places -> connect to server problem in 8.04

[thismaechler]

to some ftp servers I can't connect no more since release 8.04 (with places->connect to server), I get a "invalid answer" message.
With every other ftp-client (also in the shell) I can connect without problems to the same server. It seems
to be a problem only on some servers, the other work normal.
With filezilla I compared the messages coming from the working and the not-working servers, and it looks
exactly the same. I even tried to connect to the server using the IP instead of the URL, without success.
Could it be that the problem is some chracter-encoding issue?
I would rellay love to have this working, because I like to work directly on ftp for web-developping, and
there's no editor with a really handy ftp-support (like I know from ultraedit in windows). Bluefish can
work directly on ftp itself, but the bookmarking of the servers is quite nasty.

[Koen (koen-beek)]

Can confirm the same error on an english hardy system

ftp in a telnet sessions allows to go up to password (which I don't know)

<quote>
koen@koen-desktop:~$ ftp swisscomag.1st.ch
Connected to swisscomag.1st.ch.
220 app1-ewmedia.espace.everyware.ch FTP server (Version 6.00LS) ready.
Name (swisscomag.1st.ch:koen): scmbrand
331 Password required for scmbrand.
Password:
</quote>

but trying to connect with 'Places'->'Connect To Server'->FTP(with login)->...
  (Server = swisscomag.1st.ch and User = scmbrand)

I get the following error when clicking "connect" :
<quote>
can't display location "ftp://<email address hidden>/"
invalid reply
</quote>
in a message box

setting bug as confirmed

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. I have classified this bug as a bug in gvfs.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

thank you for your bug report. could you run /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd -r on a command line and then try to use gvfs-mount to mount the server and attach the log? could be similar to bug #236114

[thismaechler (maechler-mm-computing)]

Sebastien Bacher schrieb:
> thank you for your bug report. could you run /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd -r on a
> command line and then try to use gvfs-mount to mount the server and
> attach the log? could be similar to bug #236114
>
> ** Changed in: gvfs (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
>
if you tell me which log, I can do that. what does
gvfs-mount? do you mean mount the non-working
ftp-server? how? I tried gvfs-mount [ftp-server],
but theres no reaction at all. in the system log
I could find nothing that seemed to be related
to gvfsd.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the log is whatever is printed on the gvfsd -r command line

[thismaechler (maechler-mm-computing)]

Sebastien Bacher schrieb:
> the log is whatever is printed on the gvfsd -r command line
>
>

> this@this-laptop:~$ /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd -r gaga ; gvfs-mount
> gvfs-mount ftp://swisscomag.1st.ch this@this-laptop:~$

nothing happens

[Matthieu (m-cramet)]

i ran /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd -r too but nothing happened. So i Ctrl+c.

I tested on several ftp servers and it never worked since Hardy+gvfs (I started to test this feature since the firtst alphas). Worked like a charm on Gutsy. Well it worked with hardy on ftp servers without a login like iso repositories of ubuntu.

I was wondering if the login to a ftp server wilth login/password ever worked for someone ?

[Matthieu (m-cramet)]

Sebastien : I read the bug #236114 you mentionned and the server i am trying to connect seems to be configured the same way than in the related bug.

You say that this issue is known and a bug is filled at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=520399 but the status is unconfirmed since 2008-03-06, hasn't been triagged from now on and there is no target.

Is someone working on it or are we left alone :-) ?

Thx in advance.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the gvfs team is understaffed and those bugs are not actively being worked at the moment no, but the code is available and you are welcome to contribute