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#1 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 10:07 AM

Hello all,
I'm using IE 6 as an FTP client to my account on an AIX (5.3.3.0) box.

If I log on anonymously, it all seems fine. However, if I log on using
my server account, all of the files and folders displayed are prefixed
with a time.

E.g.

09:18 bin

If I try to navigate to one of the displayed directories, I get a not
found error. It seems that IE is looking for a folder called "09:18
bin" using the exmple above.

The LANG environment variable on our AIX box is set as shown:

LANG=en_GB

The language specified in I.E. is also en_gb.

Both machines are on our corporate network and I can FTP with no
problem using FileZilla and bog standard FTP command line.

As I don't have any root privileges on the server, I'm hoping for a
client size solution.

Many thanks.
Dave.

#2 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 10:07 AM

Apologies for the typo above, I'm looking for a client side solution
not a "client size" solution.

:-)

#3 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 10:07 AM

Hi,

This question has already been answered before on this group.

It turns out that if the LANG variable is set to something else than
en_US or C, the command ls -l gives a different output, and then the
listing received is misunderstood by Internet Explorer.
Other FTP client such as Fileziall can handle those non-standard
outputs, but not IE.
All you can do is set the lang to C on the AIX (at least for the FTP
server).

Chris.

> Hello all,
> I'm using IE 6 as an FTP client to my account on an AIX (5.3.3.0) box.
>
> If I log on anonymously, it all seems fine. However, if I log on using
> my server account, all of the files and folders displayed are prefixed
> with a time.
>
> E.g.
>
> 09:18 bin
>
> If I try to navigate to one of the displayed directories, I get a not
> found error. It seems that IE is looking for a folder called "09:18
> bin" using the exmple above.
>
> The LANG environment variable on our AIX box is set as shown:
>
> LANG=en_GB
>
> The language specified in I.E. is also en_gb.
>
> Both machines are on our corporate network and I can FTP with no
> problem using FileZilla and bog standard FTP command line.
>
> As I don't have any root privileges on the server, I'm hoping for a
> client size solution.
>
> Many thanks.
> Dave.
>

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