Thanks for your bug report. Which version of Ubuntu is that? Can you try to run gnomevfs-ls <uri> on the URL? If it's the same as bug 46656 it might be fixed once we upload a new gnome-vfs with the fix of http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=119245
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: nautilus => gnome-vfs Importance: Untriaged => Medium Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- Nautilus or gnome-vfs does strange preprocessing on ftp urls https://launchpad.net/bugs/50738 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs