# ftp ambiguity

Mitra (mitra@pandora.sf.ca.us)
Thu, 28 Jul 1994 01:28:41 GMT

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    From: mitra@pandora.sf.ca.us (Mitra)

    Subject: ftp ambiguity

    Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 01:28:41 GMT

    Message-Id: <CtMMru.31G@pandora.sf.ca.us>

Now that we have specific instructions for accessing ftp resources,
I am concerned that there may be another ambiguity, or at least
a clarification needed.

I think that some pe4ople interpret

ftp://aaa.bbb.ccc/this.file

as a retrieval of /this.file and others as as a retrieval of this.file
often these are the same, but if the anonymous ftp doesnt log in
to its root (many enter at the pub directory) then this is ambiguous.

It is even worse in the case of ftp URL's with a specified login name
and
password, since the root directory will rarely be the home directopry of
the user.

If the interpretation is that the URL above means "this.file" then it
means that the URL

ftp://aaa.bbb.ccc//etc/passwd

would be a valid URL - something I've never seen.

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