Bug#92999: apt: standard apt ftp password
Subject: apt: standard apt ftp password
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.3
Severity: normal
apt should use a more standard anonymous ftp password
I've seen intranets with strict firewalls that only let anonymous ftp with
mozilla@ as password (password used by netscape communicator when doing ftp)
And I've heard of people having trouble installing debian with apt/ftp
--- apt-old/methods/ftp.cc Thu Mar 8 02:20:43 2001
+++ apt/methods/ftp.cc Thu Apr 3 13:49:11 2001
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
// Setup the variables needed for authentication
string User = "anonymous";
- string Pass = "apt_get_ftp_2.1@debian.linux.user";
+ string Pass = "mozilla@";
// Fill in the user/pass
if (ServerName.User.empty() == false)
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Kernel Version: Linux localhost 2.4.3 #13 Fri Mar 30 11:53:43 UTC 2001 i686 unknown
Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.2-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii libstdc++2.10- 2.95.3-8 The GNU stdc++ library
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