A more explicit ftp username/password prompt?

[Aaron Bentley]

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John Dong wrote:
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> On 3/8/06, *Aaron Bentley* <aaron.bentley at utoronto.ca
> <mailto:aaron.bentley at utoronto.ca>> wrote:
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> John Dong wrote:
> I think it should.  URL-escaping should do the job.
> 
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>> URL escaping does not work. The username comes across with %40's and
>> whatnot embedded in it, according to the FTP log.

Whether or not it *does* work, it *should* work.

> Though it should also prompt for passwords.
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>> Prompting would be a good fallback on all remote transport protocols
>> (namely http, https, ftp) when a login is rejected.

Sounds reasonable.

Aaron
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