freebsd stable - May 2003 - problem with 4.8R ftpd and Mozilla/Netscape

OS version:  FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE
Program:     /usr/libexec/ftpd
Problem:     When using Mozilla/Netscape as client to access
             non-anonymous account on FreeBSD ftp server,
             client presents directory file as binary file for
             download instead of displaying directory contents.

Detailed description:

A problem appears to exist with using Mozilla/Netscape to access a
non-anonymous account on a FreeBSD 4.8R FTP server using syntax
ftp://[<password>:]<user>@<host>. Authentication is
successful, then
a dialog box is displayed asking to download the directory file as a
binary file. FreeBSD 4.7R (/usr/libexec/ftpd) does not have this
problem.

Browsers tested:
Mozilla 1.0, 1.2, 1.3  FAILED
Netscape 7.0.2         FAILED
Netscape 4.7.9         OK
MS Explorer 6          OK
Konqueror 3.0.3        OK

Regards,
Mike Lambert

On Fri, 2 May 2003, Mike Lambert wrote:
> A problem appears to exist with using Mozilla/Netscape to access a
> non-anonymous account on a FreeBSD 4.8R FTP server using syntax
> ftp://[<password>:]<user>@<host>. Authentication is
successful, then
> a dialog box is displayed asking to download the directory file as a
> binary file. FreeBSD 4.7R (/usr/libexec/ftpd) does not have this
> problem.
Just wanted to chime in and say "I noticed this too!".  I actually
thought it was a bug in Mozilla.  Maybe it is, since other browsers
work fine.

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