On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 01:37:27AM +0200, Marc Lehmann wrote: > On Tue, Oct 12, 1999 at 04:15:33PM -0700, A Guy Called Tyketto <tyketto@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The ftp daemon there, didn't bother me... > > bash$ ncftp ftp.gimp.org > NcFTP 2.3.0 (December 5, 1995), by Mike Gleason, NCEMRSoft. > ... > gimp:/pub/gtk> get glib-1.2.6.gz > "-d" ls flag is not implemented (NcFTP 2.x users should upgrade to 3.x). > No such file. > > I can understand the ncftp's author's wish to get rid of old versions, > but the timeout settings on gimp.org + my really bad telnet connection > required 4 login-tries to the ftp server due to the 15 second login > timeout. I've changed the login timeout to 45 seconds, though the change won't actually take place until the ftp servere gets restarted. > > In any case, it's not that large a problem for me (I rarely ftp to > gimp.org), I just wonder why a commercial ftp server is used at all (esp. > since it censors clients ;) > The reasons for using ncftpd are mainly performance, security, and the fact it's extremely simple to administer. -Shawn -- Shawn T. Amundson amundson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Research and Development http://www.eventloop.com/ EventLoop, Inc. http://www.snorfle.net/ "The assumption that the universe looks the same in every direction is clearly not true in reality." - Stephen Hawking
