Re: [tlug] Xemacs: FTP Access Problem in Package Installation

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

These questions would probably be more appropriate on
comp.emacs.xemacs.

>>>>> "Charles" == Charles Muller <acmuller@example.com> writes:

    Charles>      500 AUTH not understood.

Several Linux distros have added "advanced" capabilities to their FTP
clients, and changed the defaults.  This confuses the Emacs code that
tries to use the ftp client to communicate with a server, and has to
parse the client's error messages to figure out what to do next.

From 21.4.8's PROBLEMS file (you can also see the FAQ at www.xemacs.org):

*** Whenever I try to retrieve a remote file, I have problems.

A typical error: FTP Error: USER request failed; 500 AUTH not understood.
Thanks to giacomo boffi <giacomo.boffi@example.com> on comp.emacs.xemacs:

   tell your ftp client to not attempt AUTH authentication (or do not
   use FTP servers that don't understand AUTH)

and notes that you need to add an element (often "-u") to
`efs-ftp-program-args'.  Use M-x customize-variable, and verify the
needed flag with `man ftp' or other local documentation.



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