Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 14:20:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/42172: ftp and fetch client needs an active command line option now Message-ID: <200208292120.g7TLK4ou075519@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/42172; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/42172: ftp and fetch client needs an active command line option now Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 22:17:51 +0100 In message <200208291949.g7TJn3J2026751@www.freebsd.org>, Ted Mittelstaedt writ es: > Now, I know that most people are going to be saying "so what, >all FTP servers support passive mode" but au-contraire, that is not >true. I ran across one that ONLY supports ACTIVE mode FTP - it is >a network storage device called a "Snap!" server, manufactured by >Quantum. The lack of an active switch makes it rather difficult to >write scripts that deal with this device. It seems that setting the environment variable FTP_PASSIVE_MODE to "NO" should do what you want. Does that work? Ian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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