Hello,

I've got two questions: What is the "NLST primitive" in our ftp program
and is there really a problem with the "NLST primitive" in NetBSD 1.3.2?
I got the following message from ftp.funet.fi the other day (BTW, that
server also gives the same message when I connect from an AIX 4.2.1
workstation):

callisto:bstark$ ftp
ftp> open ftp.funet.fi
Connected to ftp.funet.fi.

[... deleted for space ...]

ftp> cd pub
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> ls -lrt
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for -lrt.

[... deleted for space ...]

226-Previous subprocess reported following to stderr:
226- ls: WARNING: Your FTP client does improper use of NLST primitive!
226 Transfer complete.
ftp> status
Connected and logged into ftp.funet.fi.
No proxy connection.
Gate ftp: off, server (none), port 21.
Passive mode: off.
Mode: stream; Type: binary; Form: non-print; Structure: file.
Verbose: on; Bell: off; Prompting: on; Globbing: on.
Store unique: off; Receive unique: off.
Preserve modification times: on.
Case: off; CR stripping: on.
Ntrans: off.
Nmap: off.
Hash mark printing: off; Mark count: 1024; Progress bar: on.
Use of PORT cmds: on.
Command line editing: on.
ftp> rstatus
211-nic.funet.fi FTP server status:
   -Version 4.1458 problems@ftp.funet.fi
   -Connected to 209.180.9.143
   -Logged in anonymously with `passwd' of: `guest@dialupJ143.mpls.uswest.net'
   -TYPE: ASCII, FORM: Nonprint; STRUcture: File; transfer MODE: Stream
   -No data connection
   -Internal stderr-dump present, fileno:2
   -Last subprocess had status: 0x0000
211-Previous subprocess reported following error(s) to stderr:
211- ls: WARNING: Your FTP client does improper use of NLST primitive!
211 End of status
ftp>


Thanks,

Brian

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