37367 - Need error message when ftp directory or file does not exist

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 25014

(Core Graveyard :: Networking: FTP, defect, P3)

Description

[bukagedi]

There is no error message when the ftp directory is wrong, try this:
          ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Admin
Correct address is:
          ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/admin

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

Tested this on build ID 2000-042609:
Moz keeps spinning the barberpole forever untill you force it to go to another
URL. While it keeps spinning (and console long ago has notified about the
timeout) - Moz goes on using between 55% and 64% CPU till you force it to leave
the site. Not good. Stop button is disabled (bug 20011)

There are resemblant bugs reported but for instance bug 25014 is now considered
a feature request. I believe this is more serious. Desireable behaviour would be
that a kind of "404" for ftp pops up, and further attempts to connect cease.

Comment 2

[R.K.Aa.]

NC4.7 quickly concludes something is wrong, stops transaction and pops up this:

"Netscape is unable to find the file or directory
named /pub/Linux/system/Admin.

Check the name and try again."

Comment 3

[R.K.Aa.]

CC'ing me

Comment 4

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

->Networking

Comment 5

[Sean Richardson]

Changing Platform/OS from PC/Linux to All/All; marking 4xp.
Resummarizing from "An error message must be sent to the ftp user"
to "Need error message when ftp directory or file does not exist"

After all that, this should probably be marked as a DUP of bug 25014,
"[RFE] Inaccessible file/directory not handled??" which would then get
resummarized to something like "Need error message when ftp directory or file 
inaccessible" - to generalize for DNS failures, permission failures, and the 
like, as well as simple load failures.

Comment 6

[Judson Valeski]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 25014 ***

Comment 7

[Blake Ross]

verify dup