Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 23:45:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Craig Huckabee <huck@mispwoso.nosc.mil> To: jimd@mistery.mcafee.com (Jim Dennis) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stupid ftpd question Message-ID: <199606050345.XAA00435@mispwoso.nosc.mil> In-Reply-To: <201006050033.RAA00469@mistery.mcafee.com> from "Jim Dennis" at Jun 4, 96 10:37:16 pm
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> > > > > > How can I set up my FreeBSD anonymous ftp server so that it > > defaults to transfer type 'binary' instead of 'ascii'? I'm using > > wu-ftpd out of the ports collection on a 2.1-RELEASE machine. > > Since everything I will have online will be images (CAD files) > > I want to go ahead and default transfer type to 'binary'. > > That's not a stupid question at all. > That answer....on the other hand.... > > As far as I know the transfer type is purely a client > side configuration matter. In other words -- > > I doubt that you can (via ftp). Here's what makes me think you can : mispwoso>ftp ftp.freebsd.org Connected to wcarchive.cdrom.com. 220 wcarchive.cdrom.com FTP server (Version wu-2.4(13) Wed Apr 3 01:05:49 PST 1996) ready. Name (ftp.freebsd.org:huck): ftp 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. Password: 230-Welcome to wcarchive - home ftp site for Walnut Creek CDROM. [SNIP] 230- it was last modified on Mon Mar 25 20:51:20 1996 - 71 days ago 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Interesting, no? --Craig > > (I wouldn't mind being proven wrong on this. However I'm > sure that ftp.cdrom.com and the maintainers of simtel, > cica, garbo, and other popular ftp sites would have done this > long, long, long ago -- if they could). > > Jim Dennis, > System Administrator, > McAfee Associates >
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