From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 1 14:40:15 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5F3516A4CE for ; Sun, 1 Feb 2004 14:40:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4380543D31 for ; Sun, 1 Feb 2004 14:40:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) i11Me4FR083518 for ; Sun, 1 Feb 2004 14:40:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i11Me4Th083516; Sun, 1 Feb 2004 14:40:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 14:40:04 -0800 (PST) Resent-Message-Id: <200402012240.i11Me4Th083516@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Bob Finch Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C105316A4CF for ; Sun, 1 Feb 2004 14:37:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B773E43D31 for ; Sun, 1 Feb 2004 14:37:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i11MbgdL054570 for ; Sun, 1 Feb 2004 14:37:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i11MbgZV054569; Sun, 1 Feb 2004 14:37:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200402012237.i11MbgZV054569@www.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 14:37:42 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Finch To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-2.0 Subject: bin/62232: Some FTP clients cannot display directory listings via ftpd when logged in as non-guest X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 22:40:16 -0000 >Number: 62232 >Category: bin >Synopsis: Some FTP clients cannot display directory listings via ftpd when logged in as non-guest >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Feb 01 14:40:03 PST 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Bob Finch >Release: 4.9-RELEASE >Organization: Network Access Services Inc. >Environment: FreeBSD romana.alphasoft.com 4.9-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE #0: Tue Jan 20 08:51:37 GMT 2004 bob@romana.alphasoft.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/ROMANA i386 >Description: Some FTP clients, notably Mozilla and Internet Explorer, fail to display directory listings when logged in as a non-guest user to ftpd. It appears these clients depend on ftpd returning a 550 error when attempting to RETR a directory. ftpd returns the raw directory which the client downloads as a binary file instead of displaying a directory listing. These clients do display directory listings correctly when logged in as a guest user (anonymous), since ftp returns a 550 error when RETRing a directory when logged in as anonymous. >How-To-Repeat: >From Mozilla, go to a FTP URL that refers to a directory and is not anonymous, e.g. ftp://someuser@some.site/some/dir/ >Fix: The problem was introduced in revision 1.62.2.46 of src/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.c that allows non-guest users to download special files. One fix would be to change if (guest) { to if (guest || S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) { which would make ftpd always return a 550 error when attempting to RETR a directory. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: