FTP example does not work...

[mmistroni]

i keep on getting
org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPConnectionClosedException: Connection closed without indication.
at org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTP.__getReply(FTP.java:298)
at org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTP.sendCommand(FTP.java:495)
at org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTP.sendCommand(FTP.java:537)
at org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTP.sendCommand(FTP.java:586)
at org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTP.quit(FTP.java:794)
at org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPClient.logout(FTPClient.java:788)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.ftp.FTPFileSystem.disconnect(FTPFileSystem.java:151)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.ftp.FTPFileSystem.getFileStatus(FTPFileSystem.java:395)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.Globber.getFileStatus(Globber.java:57)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.Globber.glob(Globber.java:248)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem.globStatus(FileSystem.java:1642)
at org.apache.hadogop.mapred.FileInputFormat.singleThreadedListStatus(FileInputFormat.java:257)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.FileInputFormat.listStatus(FileInputFormat.java:228)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.FileInputFormat.getSplits(FileInputFormat.java:304)
at org.apache.spark.rdd.HadoopRDD.getPartitions(HadoopRDD.scala:199)

Pls note i have tried also connecting to SEC FTP (publicly available using anonymous:youremailaddress and i am still receiving issues....
could you please assist in guiding me on opening a FTP file using spark?
my email address is [email protected]

kind regards