256289 - FTP upload doesn't work probably because of using Automatic proxy configuration URL

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Core Graveyard :: Networking: FTP, defect)

Description

[João Rodrigues]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040803 Firefox/0.9.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; pt-PT; rv:1.8a3) Gecko/20040817

I tried Mozilla 1.8a1 and a2, and in both, uploading didn't work for me. The
same happens in this a3. I guess this stems from the fact that I use an
Automatic proxy configuration URL. Nonetheless, HTTP uploading works fine (e.g.,
when I try Yahoo! Briefcase).

The authentication seems a little buggy, too. I first tried to access the server
passing the login information via the URL (e.g.,
<ftp://user:[e-mail]/>), then Mozilla said the site didn't require
authentication and that I could be being tricked. Then I tried uploading a file,
which yielded a progress dialog. Then I tried to refresh the directory listing,
which in turn started requesting my username and password and, when I introduced
this information, Mozilla kept requesting it over and over. Then I restarted
Mozilla and then not even the login encoded in URL worked, as it seemed to
“remember” that across browser sessions, and a dialog requesting login and
password was prompting me over and over.

It's kind of weird.

This server belong to a free Portuguese web hosting service. I can create a test
account if needed (the only step that requires knowledge of Portuguese).
Regarding the Automatic proxy configuration URL part, I can run any tests
required, but not much more (e.g., allowing someone to try it via remote
desktop) is possible, due to legal reasons.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to ftp://username:[e-mail]/
2. Upload a file.
3. Refresh the directory listing.
Actual Results:  
A dialog box requesting username and passoword prompts me. Keeps showing up
everytime I fill the requested information (which shouldn't be asked in the
first place, since I already passed it via the URL).

The uploaded file isn't uploaded at all, if I try to check using other means.

Expected Results:  
Present a directory listing with the uploaded file included.

Comment 1

[João Rodrigues]

Now I've been doing some experiments with wget. First I downloaded a directory
listing, again with my username and password encoded in the URL. Then every
other attempt to access the server yielded invalid authentication. So basically
this seems a problem of the server and not of Mozilla. Additionally the
mentioned hosting service has stopped. It's better to close this bug.

Comment 2

[benc]

V/invalid.