Hans, I'm investigating this as a proxy server problem. When I ran some tests, it appeared as though the HEAD command from wget was getting "translated" into a series of commands to query the size, MDMT of the file, etc., but then I was seeing a STOR command come from the proxy server, which was getting failed by the FTP server. If you'd like to co-ordinate some tests off-list, we can see if something similar is happening to you.
Do you know what proxy server you are using? Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Hans Deragon (QA/LMC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 10:21 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: wget: ftp through http proxy not working with 1.8.2. It doe s wo rk with 1.5.3 Hi again. Some people have reported experiencing the same problem, but nobody from the development team has forwarded a comment on this. Anybody can tell us if this is bug or some config issue? Regards, Hans Deragon > -----Original Message----- > From: Hans Deragon (LMC) > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 2:11 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: wget: ftp through http proxy not working with 1.8.2. > It does wo > rk with 1.5.3 > > > Greetings. > > > I read many emails in different archives on the net > regarding my isssue, but never found a solution to my > problem. Here is the description: > > I am trying to mirror an ftp site though and http proxy. I > have the following setting on both my RH machine running wget > 1.8.2 and Solaris machine running wget 1.5.3 (actual > /etc/wgetrc file is the same on both machine and I do not > have ~/.wgetrc on any of the machines): > > http_proxy = http://proxy.hostname.com:80/ > ftp_proxy = http://proxy.hostname.com:80/ > use_proxy = on > > Ok, proxy.hostname.com is not the real URL I use, but > believe me that the one I am using is the right one. The > port numbers are valid and only port 80 is opened, thus both > http and ftp request most go through port 80. > > Now, when I run say: > > wget --mirror -np --cut-dirs=2 ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/wordlists/ > > On my RH machine running wget 1.8.2, only the index.html > file is downloaded. On my Solaris machine running wget > 1.5.3, all the files under pub/wordlists get downloaded. > > Anybody got a clue what the problem is? Is it that wget > 1.8.2 is more compliant to a standard and my proxy is bogus > and I am just lucky it works with version 1.5.3? Is there a > configuartion parameter missing in my /etc/wgetrc? Or is it > a known problem with version 1.8.2? I am a newbie with wget, > so the mistake is probably on my side, but I cannot figure what it is. > > > Regards, > Hans Deragon >