Need help with FTP URL

Nik Zapantis, UVic Physics, Victoria BC ([email protected])
Fri, 28 Jan 1994 12:04:01 -0800 (PST)


I am trying to setup an FTP URL as part of my home page, but I am having no
luck getting it to work.

the setup: VMS(5.5-2) httpd server from CERN, Mosaic 2.0 and MULTINET.

Anonymous FTP works fine interactively, but when used in the URL
"ftp://info.phys.uvic.ca/"

Mosaic tells me that either the server is not responding, or the file cannot
be found.

When I run CERN's line-mode WWW browser with Verbose turned on I get the
following error message, _after_ the client successfully connects to the
anonymous FTP server:
...
Tx: RETR /
Rx: 550 %RMS-F-SYN, file specification syntax error
Tx: CWD /
Rx: 550 %RMS-F-SYN, file specification Can't access `ftp://info.phys.uvic.ca/'
...

I have tried putting a directory name in the URL, but it did not help.

If I change the URL to point to a Document, such as
"ftp://info.phys.uvic.ca/test.doc"

the line-mode WWW client fetches the file, but MOSAIC still tells me that it
cannot.

Am I missing something here? Shouldn't I get a directory listing when a
connection is made to the FTP server?

BTW, I am not using an httpd config file, if this is where the problem is.

thanks in advance,

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