From: kevins AT citrix DOT com (Kevin Schnitzius) Subject: RE: b19, bash and NT ftp 6 Mar 1998 22:02:51 -0800 Message-ID: <000ED2C2552CD111AADE00A0C96CA75B4C3575.cygnus.gnu-win32@MISMAIL2> To: "'Rob Anderson'" , Daniel Karipides Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Anderson [SMTP:roba AT equator DOT com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 1998 4:20 AM > To: Daniel Karipides > Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > Subject: Re: b19, bash and NT ftp > > I noticed exactly the same thing when I upgraded to b19. I went back to b18, > and everything's fine now. > > Daniel Karipides wrote: > > > First off, I downloaded b19 and everything installed easily. 'Grats to > > all who helped to make b19 possible. > > > > I noticed one small glitch and couldn't find mention of it in the FAQ. > > If I use the basic NT-provided ftp command from the bash shell, I get > > the following: > > > > bash-2.01$ ftp some.ip.address > > User (some.ip.address:(none)): Password: > > > > As can be seen, I'm not given the opportunity to enter a username. > > I thought this might have something to do with the "tty" setting, > > so I tried it both ways, with no effect. Anyone else notice this? > > * > For the moment, I'm just using a NT command prompt for ftp .. ick. This is the B19 tty handling. You can do this with coolview and b18 as well. The solution is either turn off the cygwin32 tty handling (which you can't do on the console) or use a cygwin32 ftp client, like the one that comes with inetutils. Kevin - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".