Hello Joerg,
On Wed, 05 Sep 2018 11:47:01 +0200 Joerg Thuemmler <lis...@vordruckleitverlag.de> wrote: > Am 05.09.2018 um 10:12 schrieb wwp: > > Hello Joerg, > > > > > > On Wed, 05 Sep 2018 09:50:09 +0200 Joerg Thuemmler > > <lis...@vordruckleitverlag.de> wrote: > > > >> Am 03.09.2018 um 11:34 schrieb wwp: > >>> Hello! > >>> > >>> there's something I'm experiencing quite frequently now, I'm not sure I > >>> was facing this behaviour w/ former versions: it's losing the FTP > >>> connection after a while being inactive then there is no way to free the > >>> VFs from the 'Active VFS directories' (it's listed in) and there is no > >>> way to re-instantiate the connection again. > >>> > >>> If I try from the 'Directory hotlist', I get a: > >>> Cannot chdir to "/ftp://...."; > >>> Remote I/O error (121)) > >>> if I try from 'FTP link...', I get only: > >>> Cannot chdir to "/ftp://...."; > >>> > >>> The only way I've found to reconnect to a lost FTP connection is > >>> restarting mc, which is not convenient nor expected. > >>> > >>> mc 4.8.1 compiled from the sources, on am up-to-date CentOS7 box: > >>> $ mc --version > >>> GNU Midnight Commander 4.8.21 > >>> Built with GLib 2.54.2 > >>> Using the S-Lang library with terminfo database > >>> With builtin Editor > >>> With subshell support as default > >>> With support for background operations > >>> With mouse support on xterm and Linux console > >>> With support for X11 events > >>> With internationalization support > >>> With multiple codepages support > >>> Virtual File Systems: cpiofs, tarfs, sfs, extfs, ftpfs, sftpfs, fish, > >>> smbfs > >>> Data types: char: 8; int: 32; long: 64; void *: 64; size_t: 64; off_t: 64; > >>> > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> > > [snip] > >> Also I noted ftp servers, which do block the connection after some idle > >> time and if you try to use this connection, they want you to reconnect and > >> to put in your password once more. Mc caches your pw and resends it, but > >> the new connection is started in the ftp users root dir (on the ftp > >> server) again, not in the dir you last used. That may confuse the vfs > >> system, but it's a problem connected with the ftp server's usual behavior > >> (mc could resend the "cd" commands then after reconnection, dunno whether > >> it's possible to cache last dir before timeout disconnect). > > > > I experience this specific behaviour quite often (back to root or > > parent folder). > > > > > > [snip] > >> I would try to get a later timeout on the used ftp server, as I believe > >> it's an old "feature" and will not be changed next time, espacially as > >> sftp will become a more important ftp replacing... Maybe you should change > >> some other properties of your ftp servers making trouble if you try to > >> re-connect. But this depends on ftp server program used. > > > > I'm afraid I can't change anything on the FTP server side, it's not > > mine at all.. All I know is that mc is not behaving correctly (and > > possibly differently than "before"?) - I don't face such issues w/ > > filezilla against the same FTP servers. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mc mailing list > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc > > > > Hi, > > filezilla is disconnecting too after timeout? AFAIK it has a > "heartbeat"-feature preventing disconnects by timeout. That was to be my next > idea: run some "heartbeat" on your side, e.g. a "ls" cmd via ftp to prevent > from connection timeouts... > > yes, it's a "quick & dirty" workaround, but IMHO the "reconnect" problem is > in mc since I'm using it... You're right, it seems to use a keep-alive thing! Regards, -- wwp
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