[Mono-dev] Bug In Mono FTP System.Net.FtpWebRequest

[Rafael Teixeira]

Check that the FTP server isn't forcing Windows authentication, which isn't
supported by Mono, you need a plain FTP server. MS IIS doesn't behave as a
plain FTP server with its default configuration, AFAIK.

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Dieuzorro <dieuzorro at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> With my code I was able to download a file on the server
> "ftp://ftp-developpez.com/konflor/Latex/formation/FormationLatex.pdf"
> anonymously. But on my local server when I want to download a file with a
> loggin and a password, my stream "ResponceStream" is empty and there is no
> error. On Windows everything works.
>
>      Have you got an exemple on mono which connect on an private ftp
> server? But my code works on windows and ftp server!
>
>    Thanks
>
>
>
> Dieuzorro wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >     The code below operates under windwos but not Linux file is created,
> > but it is empty.
> >
> >     I think that the bug is in 'Credentials' because I can download files
> > on server without authentication(Login/Password).
> >
> > Sorry for my English I am french
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >     Sub dl(ByVal remoteFile As String, ByVal localFile As String, ByVal
> > username As String, ByVal password As String)
> >
> >
> >
> >         '1. Create a request: must be in ftp://hostname format,
> >
> >         '   not just ftp.myhost.com
> >
> >         Dim URI As String = remoteFile
> >
> >         Dim ftp As System.Net.FtpWebRequest =
> > CType(FtpWebRequest.Create(URI), FtpWebRequest)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >         '3. Settings and action
> >
> >         ftp.KeepAlive = False
> >
> >         'we want a binary transfer, not textual data
> >
> >         ftp.UseBinary = True
> >
> >         'Define the action required (in this case, download a file)
> >
> >         ftp.Method = System.Net.WebRequestMethods.Ftp.DownloadFile
> >
> >
> >         '2. Set credentials
> >         if not (username = "" andalso password = "") then
> >
> >               ftp.Credentials = New NetworkCredential( username,
> password)
> >         end if
> >
> >
> >         '4. If we were using a method that uploads data e.g. UploadFile
> >
> >         '   we would open the ftp.GetRequestStream here an send the data
> >
> >
> >
> >         '5. Get the response to the Ftp request and the associated stream
> >
> >         Using response As System.Net.FtpWebResponse =
> > CType(ftp.GetResponse, System.Net.FtpWebResponse)
> >
> >             Using responseStream As IO.Stream =
> response.GetResponseStream
> >
> >                 'loop to read & write to file
> >
> >                 Using fs As New IO.FileStream(localFile,
> > IO.FileMode.Create)
> >
> >                     Dim buffer(2047) As Byte
> >
> >                     Dim read As Integer = 0
> >
> >                     Do
> >
> >                         read = responseStream.Read(buffer, 0,
> > buffer.Length)
> >
> >                         fs.Write(buffer, 0, read)
> >
> >                     Loop Until read = 0 'see Note(1)
> >
> >                     responseStream.Close()
> >
> >                     fs.Flush()
> >
> >                     fs.Close()
> >
> >         End Using
> >
> >
> >
> >     End Sub         End Using
> >
> >                 responseStream.Close()
> >
> >             End Using
> >
> >             response.Close()
> >
> >         End Using
> >
> >
> >
> >     End Sub
> >
> >
>
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