[Twisted-Python] Asking for suggestions in new-new ftp server implementation

John Abel john.abel at pa.press.net
Mon Dec 15 07:48:09 EST 2003


Andrew Bennetts wrote:

>On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 03:24:35AM -0500, Jonathan Simms wrote:
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>>cred-code should go. Also, there's been some considerable trouble caused
>>by the fact that my avatar implemenation is not windows-friendly. Any
>>thoughts on how to either adapt it, or if some kindly windows-user could
>>implement a windows-compatable version, would be greatly appreciated.
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>Is the problem with windows the lack of pwd and grp modules?  I presume you
>need these for authentication and permission checking?  If that's the case,
>perhaps you could implement a simpler avatar for windows that only supports
>anonymous, read-only access to any files that the server has permission to
>read?  (i.e. basically what the old server supported anyway)
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I have code for authentication on 2000/XP platforms, if you're 
interested? It is used in the medusa ftp example.

>>Also, on a tangent, the new (-new) ftp protocol refactoring in my
>>sandbox has much more complete code-coverage in terms of the unittests. 
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>Woo!  What about for the client?  ;)
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>-Andrew.
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