nanogui: pixil.org FTP URL trailing slash problem with safari (was Re: [nanogui] Compiling FLNX for microwindows)
Subject:
pixil.org FTP URL trailing slash problem with safari (was Re: [nanogui] Compiling FLNX for microwindows)
From:
Peter Dufault ####@####.####
Date:
12 Oct 2004 22:36:52 +0100
Message-Id: <CC92292A-1C96-11D9-A036-000393B2C586@hda.com>
On Oct 11, 2004, at 6:42 PM, Peter Dufault wrote:
> Whatever Apple is using in Safari behind the scenes to do "mount -t
> ftp" on the link can't handle the error. Whose fault this is depends
> on looking up what an "ftp://" URL means.
>
>
For the record, and for google I'll also add:
"FTP URL trailing slash problem safari" -
The issue of accessing "ftp://ftp.pixil.org/pub/pixil" versus
"ftp://ftp.pixil.org/pub/pixil/" using Apple's Safari finally boiled
down to be that I had multiple IP aliases on my ethernet interface with
Appletalk enabled on the interface, but not enabled on the IP alias
that was connecting to ftp.pixil.org.
Appletalk can only be enabled on one virtual interface. Switching
Appletalk to the alias that was accessing ftp.pixil.org made things
work. Safari is doing something when Appletalk is enabled that counts
on it being enabled on the URL interface to handle FTP directory
lookup. I opened a bug with Apple.
Peter
Peter Dufault
HD Associates, Inc.
