topic Re: Potential bug in Alfresco FTP server? in Alfresco Archive

Potential bug in Alfresco FTP server?

adamjennison111 — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 14:59:49 GMT

We have had a 3rd party working with our Alfresco 4.2 Enterprise system via the FTP interface.They came across a strange issue that caused much head scratching..I wondered if it was a bug in Alfresco?The FTP server is running a non-standard port with a defined data-transfer set of ports due to Alfre

Re: Potential bug in Alfresco FTP server?

mrogers — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:18:00 GMT

Doesn't look to me like a bug.

Why do you think that spurious directory is valid? Can you refer to an RFC that defines that alfresco should behave differently. If so then please raise a JIRA with full details.h

Update: I've just been reading RFCs. The CWD argument is application specific, so it's up to alfresco to define how it works. Just because one FTP server ignores that error does not mean all should do so.

Still open for discussion, especially if you can back up your argument.

Re: Potential bug in Alfresco FTP server?

adamjennison111 — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 11:27:18 GMT

Thanks for that info.
I'm happy with the way it works so i'm not going to file a bug, but hopefully by raising it on here means that anyone else who has a similar issue can find a solution.