Problem with rhn-applet-gui and ftp-repositories?

[Kevin Street]

On Sun, 2003-12-07 at 07:06, Lars E. Pettersson wrote:

> Before adding this to bugzilla. Has anyone else noticed any problem with
> ftp-repositories and the rhn-applet?
> 
> With ftp-repositories I get the following message under critical
> information (klicking on the rhn-applet)
> 
>   The applet has been unable to access the following information sources
>   in its last attempts: fedora-core @
> ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/1/i386/os,
>   updates-released @
> ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/1/i386

Yes, I see the same with ftp://ftp.dulug.duke.edu/... vs
http://ftp.dulug.duke.edu/...

I'm using rhn-applet-2.1.4-3
I'm not sure if this is a bug or a lack of capability.
-- 
Kevin Street
street at rogers.com