# HG changeset patch
# User adrian
# Date 1021109529 0
# Node ID e7ad6587a7a0a3c3327938f2a10a22d098bb0093
# Parent  9c4fcc216a5fff418f7021ba3584efc7ef37d29f
[xemacs-hg @ 2002-05-11 09:32:08 by adrian]
[AC21.4R21.5] Note FTP AUTH failures w/ EFS in PROBLEMS <873cx8ibev.fsf@tleepslib.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>

diff -r 9c4fcc216a5f -r e7ad6587a7a0 ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog	Fri May 10 06:29:24 2002 +0000
+++ b/ChangeLog	Sat May 11 09:32:09 2002 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-05-04  Stephen J. Turnbull  <stephen@xemacs.org>
+
+	* PROBLEMS (General): Decribe failed AUTH with EFS.
+
 2002-04-23  Olivier Galibert  <galibert@pobox.com>
 
 	* configure.in: Fix the "error checking" warning.
diff -r 9c4fcc216a5f -r e7ad6587a7a0 PROBLEMS
--- a/PROBLEMS	Fri May 10 06:29:24 2002 +0000
+++ b/PROBLEMS	Sat May 11 09:32:09 2002 +0000
@@ -631,6 +631,18 @@
 * Problems with running XEmacs
 ==============================
 ** General
+*** Whenever I try to retrieve a remote file, I have problems.
+
+A typical error: FTP Error: USER request failed; 500 AUTH not understood.
+Thanks to giacomo boffi <giacomo.boffi@polimi.it> on comp.emacs.xemacs:
+
+   tell your ftp client to not attempt AUTH authentication (or do not
+   use FTP servers that don't understand AUTH)
+
+and notes that you need to add an element (often "-u") to
+`efs-ftp-program-args'.  Use M-x customize-variable, and verify the
+needed flag with `man ftp' or other local documentation.
+
 *** gnuserv is running, some clients can connect, but others cannot.
 
 The code in gnuslib.c respects the value of TMPDIR.  If the server and