Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 08:39:39 -0700 (PDT) From: drj@zoonami.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/21539: Installing ports from the Internet through a firewall, handbook 4.2.1.2 Message-ID: <20000925153939.DAEB337B424@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 21539 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Installing ports from the Internet through a firewall, handbook 4.2.1.2 >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Sep 25 08:40:01 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: David Jones >Release: 3.3-RELEASE though I doubt it matters >Organization: >Environment: >Description: Section 4.2.1.2 of the handbook <URL http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ports-using.html > does not mention that things can go wrong if you have a firewall installed. Some firewalls (such as ours) prevent normal ftp from working. You get error messages like: >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: You can solve this by specifying pftp (passive ftp) as the fetch command. On the command line: FETCH_CMD=pftp make or editing /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: >> tcsh-6.09.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist on this system. >> Attempting to fetch from ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/tcsh/. Connected to galaxy.astron.com. [stuff] 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. 200 Type set to I. 250 CWD command successful. [stuff] 200 PORT command successful. 425 Can't build data connection: Operation timed out. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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