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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libfetch')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libfetch/ftp.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libfetch/ftp.c b/lib/libfetch/ftp.c index c504cbe..cd8ff0d 100644 --- a/lib/libfetch/ftp.c +++ b/lib/libfetch/ftp.c @@ -322,8 +322,24 @@ _ftp_mode_type(conn_t *conn, int mode, int type) default: return (FTP_PROTOCOL_ERROR); } - if ((e = _ftp_cmd(conn, "MODE %c", mode)) != FTP_OK) - return (e); + if ((e = _ftp_cmd(conn, "MODE %c", mode)) != FTP_OK) { + if (mode == 'S') { + /* + * Stream mode is supposed to be the default - so + * much so that some servers not only do not + * support any other mode, but do not support the + * MODE command at all. + * + * If "MODE S" fails, it is unlikely that we + * previously succeeded in setting a different + * mode. Therefore, we simply hope that the + * server is already in the correct mode, and + * silently ignore the failure. + */ + } else { + return (e); + } + } switch (type) { case 0: |
