279949 - Cannot login to FTP site with fixed, non-existing username

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core Graveyard :: Networking: FTP, defect)

Description

[Nick Watts]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

This page is, unfortunately, password protected.  I don't know how you guys
handle this.  But, once you login to the "Instructor Support" page, there is a
link to a FTP site.  Encoded in the link is the username "user".  This was done
to prompt MSIE to prompt for a username and password.  However, in Firefox 1.0
on WinXP clicking on the FTP link produces a login box with the username "user"
and a blank box for the password.  The username cannot be changed.  This makes
it impossible to login to the FTP site.  

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Browse to http://ohiocatc.treca.org
2.  Click on "Instructor Support" and log on.
3.  Click on link for FTP site.
Actual Results:  
Login dialog box pops up, but the username is set to "user" and cannot be
modified.  Only a password can be typed in.

Expected Results:  
The dialog login box should have an editable text box for the username as well
as the password.

Comment 1

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

Can you save the page (use Save As Complete) after you logged in to
ohiocatc.treca.org and attach it here as an Attachment? Make sure there is no
private info on that page (like "Hi xyz!"). 

Comment 2

[Nick Watts]

Attachment: Page saved as HTML only.

The FTP link on this page is the second image box on the left from the bottom. 
The drop-down box says that it is a link to the FTP site.

Comment 3

[Nick Watts]

Attachment: Web page saved as complete.

This is the page saved as a complete web page.	For some reason, the FTP link
works here.  When I save the page as HTML only the FTP link does not work.

Comment 4

[Nick Watts]

Forgot to note that there is some material linked on the attached web pages
which is under copyright by Cisco Systems, Inc.  Please be careful with this!

Comment 5

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

(In reply to comment #3)
> This is the page saved as a complete web page. For some reason, the FTP link
> works here.  When I save the page as HTML only the FTP link does not work.

But is this even useful then that it asks for no login? I thought a login was
required to access some secure stuff there, so no login isn't a good thing either?

Comment 6

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

So ok, it tries to login with ftp://[e-mail]/ (that's where the
link points to), here Mozilla prompts for the password (IE just sends "PASS
[linebreak]" and so gets a failed login to reprompt after that). Maybe Mozilla
should also reprompt after a failed login, which can be canceled...

Comment 7

[Nick Watts]

(In reply to comment #6)
> So ok, it tries to login with ftp://[e-mail]/ (that's where the

Yes, and there is no way to edit the 'user' part, which IE allows one to do.  I
think all that needs fixed is that Mozilla be more flexible.  It should use an
editable text field for the username even if the username is given as part of
the URL.

Comment 8

[benc]

-> NEW.

There is no convention for handling this, althought I've though that a blank
username should prompt you for a username and password (bug 202419).

Comment 9

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

mass reassigning to nobody.

Comment 10

[Patrick McManus [:mcmanus]]

only critical ftp fixes now