Bug 195578

Summary:	konqueror ftp:// does not work with busybox ftpd / violates RFC 959
Product:	[Unmaintained] kio	Reporter:	Stefan Seyfried <seife>
Component:	ftp	Assignee:	David Faure <faure>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	adawit, esigra
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Stefan Seyfried 2009-06-07 17:55:09 UTC

Version:           4.2.86 (20090514) (using Devel)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Compiled sources

Konqueror's ftp:// protocol does not work with busybox's ftpd server.
The problem is konqueror's "list -la" request, which is against RFC 959 and which busybox does not like:

Jun  7 17:33:11 td2 daemon.err ftpd[400]: PWD
Jun  7 17:33:11 td2 daemon.err ftpd[400]: 257 "/"
Jun  7 17:33:11 td2 daemon.err ftpd[400]: cwd /usr
Jun  7 17:33:11 td2 daemon.err ftpd[400]: 250 Operation successful
Jun  7 17:33:12 td2 daemon.err ftpd[398]: cwd /usr
Jun  7 17:33:12 td2 daemon.err ftpd[398]: 250 Operation successful
Jun  7 17:33:12 td2 daemon.err ftpd[398]: PASV
Jun  7 17:33:12 td2 daemon.err ftpd[398]: 227 PASV ok (192,168,200,33,4,5)
Jun  7 17:33:12 td2 daemon.err ftpd[398]: list -la
Jun  7 17:33:12 td2 daemon.err ftpd[401]: -la: No such file or directory
Jun  7 17:33:12 td2 daemon.err ftpd[398]: 150 Directory listing


ftpd then returns an empty listing (because there is no file named "-la").

Just removing the "-la" from the "LIST" command should do fine.

Comment 1 Stefan Seyfried 2009-06-07 17:55:57 UTC

I forgot: other people reported the same problem with older / stable konqueror versions, so it is not a recent problem.

Comment 2 Dawit Alemayehu 2011-03-15 19:55:27 UTC

kio_ftp does do "LIST" without "-la" when the command with it fails ; so this issue seems to have already been fixed. See