> This is now working. > > lxplus> edg-gridftp-ls gsiftp://ce-a.ccc.ucl.ac.uk/ | head > tmp > etc > flagfiles > lcg2 > nfs > opt > usr > dev > proc > root > > so something changed.... > I had punted the GGUS ticket(#4543) for this to ROC_CERN. They've now labelled it fixed: "It was a temporary problem with CERN RB. It is fixed now." Which isn't very informative nor does it explain your inability to contact UCL-CCC via gsiftp from a shell server at CERN... William