Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 11:28:33 -0700 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Lev Serebryakov <lev@serebryakov.spb.ru>, All <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ftp -- bug or feature? Message-ID: <200107281828.f6SISZv02122@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 28 Jul 2001 19:17:29 BST." <20010728191729.B24872@strontium.shef.vinosystems.com>
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In message <20010728191729.B24872@strontium.shef.vinosystems.com>, Ben Smithurs t writes: > Lev Serebryakov wrote: > > > I've tried to get full RFC list from one ftp site into file: > >=20 > > ftp>ls rfc* rfc.lst > >=20 > > After this command rfc. lst contain only 998 lines, but this ftp site > > contain more than 2500 files, which match 'rfc*' mask. > > After that I've tried other ftp client (FAR manager for Windows NT, > > really) and it shows me full catalog -- more than 2500 files. > >=20 > > Is it bug or feature of FreeBSD's ftp? > > Sounds to me more like the FTP server limits the number of filenames > returned by glob matching to limit the amount of resources used by the > ftpd process. This was implemented to address FreeBSD-SA-01:33.ftpd-glob. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD Ministry of Management Services Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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