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Subject: conf/21856: The FTP installer sends useless "CWD ." - creates problems with some ftp servers
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>Number:         21856
>Category:       conf
>Synopsis:       The FTP installer sends useless "CWD ." - creates problems with some ftp servers
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Oct 09 02:50:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Victor STANESCU
>Release:        4.1.1-RELEASE
>Organization:
LOGIC Telecom
>Environment:
not relevant
>Description:
The ftp installation of freebsd 4.1.1-release sends the following
sequences when entering the freebsd directory on the ftp server:
CWD <user_specified_path>
CWD .
CWD 4.1.1-RELEASE

The "CWD ." is useless (it does practically nothing) and has the following
problem:
- with some ftp servers (like publicfile for example) the . and .. are
hidden and not permited to the user, so it just gives errors like
"file not found" when trying this.

As this CWD . is not a usefull command, i think there should be no problem
in removing it, and this would help users of non-standard (bsd/wu ftpd) 
ftp servers.

The problem was not present in 4.1-RELEASE
>How-To-Repeat:
install 4.1.1-RELEASE
>Fix:
Remove the "CWD .", as this is an useless command.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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