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Description of problem:
On a fully patched RedHat 9 box the ftp client can segfault under the right 
conditions.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
ftp-0.17-17

How reproducible:
Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create an account on the FTP server with a non-existent home directory, eg: 
bpoyner::501:501::/nonexistent:/bin/bash
2. Use the FTP client to connect to FTP server, connect using new account
3. After the server responds with a '500 OOPS: chdir' error, repeatedly try ftp 
client commands until core dump.    

Actual Results:  [bpoyner@zippy bpoyner]$ uname -a
Linux zippy.ccac.edu 2.4.20-18.9 #1 Thu May 29 08:37:23 EDT 2003 i686 i686 i386 
GNU/Linux
[bpoyner@zippy bpoyner]$ ulimit -c 100000
[bpoyner@zippy bpoyner]$ ftp borg
Connected to borg (163.129.254.12).
220 ready, dude (vsFTPd 1.1.0: beat me, break me)
Name (borg:bpoyner):
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
500 OOPS: chdir
Login failed.
ftp> ls
421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection
Passive mode refused.
ftp> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
[bpoyner@zippy bpoyner]$ ls -l core.5152
-rw-------    1 bpoyner  bpoyner    278528 Jun  5 14:17 core.5152


Expected Results:  No segfault.

Additional info: