Version: (using KDE KDE 3.3.2) Installed from: SuSE RPMs Compiler: gcc 3.3 OS: Linux konqueror forgets to close ftp connection before exiting. Open a ftp with konqueror (ftp://localhost/) and now close konqueror window. Even after you have closed konqueror, ftp server will show you logged in. You can do a "ps -fe | grep ftp" and check that a kio_ftp process is still running (and will click running untill FTP server timeout occurs). This behaviour of konqueror is very irritating when FTP server allows say only 1 simultaneous connection.
Hmm, new konqueror instances should reuse your ftp connection. That's part of the deal of leaving FTP connections open
But in practice, It is very unlikely that a person will close a konqueror with an open ftp connection and then open a new instance of konqeror and open the same ftp site again. In most practical situations, this open connection is useless and hence it is desirable that we close it with konqueror.
Yes, it's unlikely that a person will close a konqueror and open a new konqueror. But it's likely that you surf on knoppix.de for an ISO and then open it in k3b. Just an example - but I agree that it's safer to close the connection and reopen if needed
I can confirm it. KDE 4.0.4 leaves the "kdeinit4: kio_ftp" thread open after closing Konqueror.
This has been addressed with the rewrite of the KIO scheduler in KDE 4.5.0