Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 08:43:07 -0700 From: Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Tobias Fendin <tobias.fendin@telia.com> Subject: Re: ftp server frustrating Message-ID: <200505310843.07721.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> In-Reply-To: <429C8501.4040002@telia.com> References: <200505310818.45961.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <429C8501.4040002@telia.com>
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On Tuesday 31 May 2005 08:38, the author Tobias Fendin contributed to the dialogue on- Re: ftp server frustrating: >Vizion wrote: >>Hi >> >>When I need to log on to ftp.freebsd.org manually 15 seconds (the allowed >>login time) is insufficient (especially when I am using my tablet) -- and >> I sometimes get logged out if I have a long file name to get. This seems >> to happen when there is a long file name to enter. >> >>Please can you raise the limits so they are reasonable for manual ftp >> access. It is sometimes needed when for one reason or another one cannot >> obtain the file automatically. There are also occasions when the server >> drops connections on automatic access due to network delays. >> >>My experience is that the time settings are overly tight. > >Why don't you try a mirror site? Because the mirrors have failed due to an automatic update failing to find a file -- so I go to the horses mouth manually. >You can find them in the handbook. If I leave my boat, carrying my tablet, to get a file, (which had previously failed to download automatically, trying to sort out which mirrir to use when I am in starbucks is not much fun when I know the mirrors have already failed!! The real question is why do the timings have to be so tight? What is the point of trying to prevent manual use by such low setting? > > -Tobias >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- 40 yrs navigating and computing in blue waters. English Owner & Captain of British Registered 60' bluewater Ketch S/V Taurus. Currently in San Diego, CA. Sailing May/June bound for Europe via Panama Canal.
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