problem with download rtems src release

[Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>]

Jeff Mayes wrote:
> Apparently, this has been a problem for a while, yet I didn't know about 
> it until this morning.  Please let
> us (joel and I) know about administrative issues.  We may not be able to 
> fix them all, but can't if we are
> unaware.
> 
> While investigating this issue, I experienced the same problems 
> described by Ian.  Joel and I were both
> accessing the ftp site from a remote facility external to the OAR 
> firewall.  We could login but ls, dir, and
> pwd commands would not work.  Then, suddenly and "magically" it started 
> working.  No changes were
> made to the system.  At the moment, it is working.  Please give it a try 
> and let me know what happens.

Actually it always worked for me external to OAR but Jeff got weird 
intermittent results.  One login acted right, the next did not.

The server has been rebooted and I just ftp'ed to the site from
Windows and Linux boxes from one domain, then logged into my
home server and tried it again via another path.  It looks OK
now.

--joel


> Thanks
> Jeff
> 
> 
> Ian Caddy wrote:
> 
>> Hi Sam,
>>
>> There seems to be a problem with the ftp server, in that it seems to 
>> have quite high security setup for someone outside the domain.  It 
>> will let you download files if you know the exact name via the ftp 
>> site, but it won't respond to a dir or ls command.  It will change 
>> directories though.  At least this is what we seem to have found.
>>
>> Another way is to use the http access method.
>>
>> http://www.rtems.com/ftp/pub/rtems/4.6.2/
>>
>> Should get you where you want to go.  It looks just like an ftp site, 
>> but accessed through the web server.
>>
>> I hope this helps,
>>
>> Ian Caddy
>>
>>
>> Bsderss wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I tried to download rtems src from the following url,
>>> ftp://ftp.rtems.com/pub/rtems/4.6.2
>>>
>>> But the download request waited for more than 10
>>> minutes, then timed out. I think there may be a
>>> problem with ftp request..
>>>
>>> Can I download the tar file of the source release?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Sam
>>>
>>>
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