I'd just like to add that FreeBSD went through this discussion a while ago and it surfaced that there's occasional "broken" servers (and I couldn't remember if they covered frequency or type of server!) which can't handle CWD into a path but can handle it per-directory. I forget the reasonings but I'm sure you can dig it out of mailing list archives. Adrian On Sat, Sep 29, 2007, Henrik Nordstrom wrote: > On fre, 2007-09-28 at 12:43 -0400, Tony wrote: > > Pardon me if I'm missing something, but I noticed squid will only change > > one directory at a time via the CWD command. > > Yes, as defined in RFC1738 where the ftp:// URL scheme is specified. > > > > It will not CWD directly > > to the requested path. This presents a problem for me where I have to > > change directories below folders without read perms. > > > > For instance: ftp://ftp.example.com/ftp/data/user/ > > You can URL-encode parts if you want Squid to see them as a single > directory with / in their name.. > > > Lets say that the data directory does not have read permissions on it to > > keep from getting a user list of the FTP box. The user directory > > however has read perms on it. When I try an go to the full URL, squid > > replies: > > > > Squid sent the following FTP command: > > > > CWD data > > > > and then received this reply > > > > ftp: Access is denied. > > This is an odd FTP server.. allowing CWD via a directory but not CWD > into the directory.. > > CWD do not need read access, only the right to change directory in or > via the directory.. > > > Any ideas on how to get past this? > > ftp://ftp.example.com/ftp/data%2fuser/ > > But I would seriously recommend fixing the FTP server to allow CWD but > not read access to data.. odd setups like this is just confusing to > everyone involved. > > What kind of FTP server is this? On what OS? > > Regards > Henrik -- - Xenion - http://www.xenion.com.au/ - VPS Hosting - Commercial Squid Support - - $25/pm entry-level bandwidth-capped VPSes available in WA -
