--- mc-2004-12-01-22/vfs/ftpfs.c	2004-11-03 03:54:00.000000000 +0200
+++ mc-2004-12-01-22-new/vfs/ftpfs.c	2005-02-07 17:34:25.000000000 +0200
@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@
     va_list ap;
     char *cmdstr;
     int status, cmdlen;
+    static int retry = 0;
+    static int level = 0;	/* ftpfs_login_server() use ftpfs_command() */
 
     va_start (ap, fmt);
     cmdstr = g_strdup_vprintf (fmt, ap);
@@ -343,7 +345,6 @@
 	code = 421;
 
 	if (errno == EPIPE) {	/* Remote server has closed connection */
-	    static int level = 0;	/* ftpfs_login_server() use ftpfs_command() */
 	    if (level == 0) {
 		level = 1;
 		status = ftpfs_reconnect (me, super);
@@ -359,14 +360,30 @@
 	disable_interrupt_key ();
 	return TRANSIENT;
     }
+    retry = 0;
   ok:
-    g_free (cmdstr);
     disable_interrupt_key ();
 
     if (wait_reply)
-	return ftpfs_get_reply (me, SUP.sock,
+    {
+	status = ftpfs_get_reply (me, SUP.sock,
 			  (wait_reply & WANT_STRING) ? reply_str : NULL,
 			  sizeof (reply_str) - 1);
+	if ((wait_reply & WANT_STRING) && !retry && !level && code == 421)
+	{
+	    retry = 1;
+	    level = 1;
+    	    status = ftpfs_reconnect (me, super);	    
+	    level = 0;
+	    if (status && (write (SUP.sock, cmdstr, cmdlen) > 0)) {
+	        goto ok;
+	    }
+	}
+	retry = 0;
+        g_free (cmdstr);	
+	return status;
+    }
+    g_free (cmdstr);    
     return COMPLETE;
 }