Re: Connect to Zeroconf announced FTP fails

["Alan Gibson" <alan gibson gmail com>]

Ok, ignore that last message. As soon as I clicked 'send' I realized
that it was probably a vsftp problem, and it was. However, I will say
that a little error message on Nautilus' part would be nice.

My second question still stands: Anyone have any specific knowledge of
the future of Zeroconf support in Gnome? It seems like KDE is pulling
ahead, and OSX is lightyears out.

alan

On 7/16/06, Alan Gibson <alan gibson gmail com> wrote:
> Im having trouble connecting to an FTP server via Nautiluls using the
> Zeroconf method. I can connect to this FTP server perfectly via
> Connect to Server.
>
> The FTP server is running on a remote box; its existence is being
> announced with Avahi using the following .service file
>
> <?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?>
> <!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd">
> <service-group>
>   <name>File Sharing</name>
>   <service>
>     <type>_ftp._tcp</type>
>     <port>21</port>
>     <host-name>newdeal.local</host-name>
>   </service>
> </service-group>
>
> In Places->Network Servers I see File Sharing. I right click on the
> icon and click Connect to this Server. A new icon appears on the
> desktop and in Nautilus. Double click on the created icon and a popup
> "Opening File Sharing" appears. After a few seconds it disappears and
> nothing further happens.
>
> Any ideas on what might be wrong? And more generally, does anyone have
> any knowledge of the future of Zeroconf support in Gnome?