Re: [Proftpd-user] DisplayFirstChdir and Web browsers

[Thomas L. S. <tsh...@io...>]

At 15:21 3/30/2004, you wrote:
>I have configured a Directory to display a message when users CWD into it. It works fine when I connect using ncftp... however when I use Internet Explorer or Mozilla then I don't receive any messages.
>
>Is the FTP functionality in the web browsers inadequate or do I have something misconfigured?
>
><Directory /home/hidden/zoning/pdf>
>      DisplayFirstChdir readme.txt
></Directory>
>
>Brett

Well I know I was surprised to find the login welcome message appearing under the IE Help menu item "FTP Server Welcome Message...".  But now that I check again, that text doesn't change even as I move into/outof directories I have setup with DisplayFirstChdir messages.  And I do see the texts when using WS-FTP.

This is another mismatch between MSIE and Internet standards.  It just doesn't _do_ some FTP-ish things.

I've searched the support.microsoft.com site and didn't find anything approaching this situation.  Found a couple other gems, though.  (Induced indigestion warning!)
"The Page Cannot Be Displayed" Error Message Occurs When You
Try to Access an FTP Site
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;328785&Product=ie600
Your Account Is Locked Out When You View an FTP Server with
Internet Explorer 6
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326728&Product=ie600
HOW TO: Configure Internet Explorer to Use Both the FTP PORT Mode
and the FTP PASV Mode in the Windows Server 2003 Family 
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;323446&Product=ie600