ftp and ncftp hangs: any ideas?

[Rob Anderson]

Newest version installed off the web today, previous version
6 mos ago did not have the problem.

Symptom: ftp hangs after ls, or get, or put. It hangs
AFTER completing the operation. (overrun?)

Systems: Win 98 (cygwin) talking to Linux.

Other:
I thought it might be related to rxvt, so I switched back to
the dos shell: it still hangs under bash.
I tried ncftp, often it will run without hanging, however if
I set "passive" or other switches it too will hang. It seems like if
I set any options for it, it hangs the same way.
I tried redirecting the console (<<!) and ftp still did the
same thing, ncftp seems to overrun, but I have no previous experience
with ncftp to compare.

THE DOS VERSION OF FTP works ok, it does not hang under the dos shell
so (IMO) it is bash/cygwin related.

Any ideas on what to try?

Thanks,

Rob


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[Hack Kampbjørn]

Post by Rob Anderson
Newest version installed off the web today, previous version
6 mos ago did not have the problem.
Symptom: ftp hangs after ls, or get, or put. It hangs
AFTER completing the operation. (overrun?)
Systems: Win 98 (cygwin) talking to Linux.
I thought it might be related to rxvt, so I switched back to
the dos shell: it still hangs under bash.
I tried ncftp, often it will run without hanging, however if
I set "passive" or other switches it too will hang. It seems like if
I set any options for it, it hangs the same way.
I tried redirecting the console (<<!) and ftp still did the
same thing, ncftp seems to overrun, but I have no previous experience
with ncftp to compare.
THE DOS VERSION OF FTP works ok, it does not hang under the dos shell
so (IMO) it is bash/cygwin related.
Any ideas on what to try?

Yes look in .ncftp/trace. It's probably a network or configuration issue
but without debug output it's impossible to tell.

Post by Rob Anderson
Thanks,
Rob

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Hack Kampbjørn


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[Jason Tishler]

Rob,

Post by Rob Anderson
Any ideas on what to try?

Unfortunately none, but debug. Although, I can offer one other data
point under Windows 2000. I got ncftp to hang when initiating a data
connection (e.g., ls, get, etc.) in passive mode, but *only* when
tunneled through ssh. On the other hand, Cygwin ftp worked fine under
the same setup.

Jason

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