Issue10063 - file:// scheme will stop accessing remote hosts via ftp protocol
diff --git a/Lib/urllib/request.py b/Lib/urllib/request.py
index e2845c9..9674b96 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib/request.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/request.py
@@ -1228,8 +1228,8 @@
url = req.selector
if url[:2] == '//' and url[2:3] != '/' and (req.host and
req.host != 'localhost'):
- req.type = 'ftp'
- return self.parent.open(req)
+ if not req.host is self.get_names():
+ raise URLError("file:// scheme is supported only on localhost")
else:
return self.open_local_file(req)
@@ -1712,7 +1712,7 @@
if not isinstance(url, str):
raise URLError('file error', 'proxy support for file protocol currently not implemented')
if url[:2] == '//' and url[2:3] != '/' and url[2:12].lower() != 'localhost/':
- return self.open_ftp(url)
+ raise ValueError("file:// scheme is supported only on localhost")
else:
return self.open_local_file(url)