Re: Follow-up on report sent from linux-box.
>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen J Turnbull
<stephen(a)xemacs.org> writes:
Stephen> Please keep the thread on xemacs-beta; this is a common problem, and I
Stephen> am not the primary expert.
>>>> "Meinhard" == Meinhard E Mayer
<hardy(a)weyl.ps.uci.edu> writes:
Meinhard> Now, the buttons work fine in the customization buffers,
Meinhard> and everything (but ftp to the package site) seems
Meinhard> normal.
Meinhard> When I try to update packages the anonymous ftp comes
Meinhard> back with;
Stephen> open ftp.crc.ca
Stephen> Connected to ftp.crc.ca.
Stephen>
220----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stephen> 220-This is the CRC anonymous FTP archive.
Stephen> 220-
Stephen> 220-The local time is Mon Jan 20 02:22:34 2003. Access allowed all day.
Stephen> 220-There are 13 of 25 anonymous users in your class logged in currently.
Stephen> 220-
Stephen> 220-!! NOTE: - Rsync information is available at
http://ftp.crc.ca/rsync.html
Stephen> 220-!! - This server is also available via the IPv6 protocol
Stephen> 220-
Stephen> 220-!! Ottawa-area folks: Please consider connecting to OttIX to maximize
your
Stephen> 220-!! bandwidth use. This server has no limits for OttIX-connected ISP's
and
Stephen> 220-!! businesses!! For more information: http://www.ottix.net/
Stephen> 220-
Stephen> 220-Unauthorized use prohibited.
Stephen>
220----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stephen> 220-
Stephen> 220 ftp.ipv6.crc.ca FTP server (Version wu-2.7.0(2) Sat Mar 16 11:43:27 EST
2002) ready.
Stephen> quote user "anonymous"
Stephen> 500 AUTH command not supported.
This is a *bug* in the RedHat ftp client, plain and simple. You need
to invoke ftp so that it doesn't try Kerberos authentication. I'm
sure the RedHat man page says how. Customize `efs-ftp-program-args'
accordingly.
Stephen> Mike: for future consideration: do you think EFS's conversation
Stephen> mechanism could be abstracted into a more general "expect.el"
package?
I think an "expect.el" would definitely be useful, but EFS sure ain't
it:-(
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Cheers =8-} Mike
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