From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 5 10:12:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA16211 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 10:12:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from office.demon.net (office.demon.net [193.195.224.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA16200 for ; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 10:12:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk by office.demon.net id aa09074; 5 Jun 96 18:09 +0100 Received: (from fqueries@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.7.5/8.6.12) id MAA21644; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 12:55:25 GMT Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 12:55:25 GMT Message-Id: <199606051255.MAA21644@jraynard.demon.co.uk> From: James Raynard To: huck@mispwoso.nosc.mil CC: jimd@mistery.mcafee.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <199606050345.XAA00435@mispwoso.nosc.mil> (message from Craig Huckabee on Tue, 4 Jun 1996 23:45:38 -0400 (EDT)) Subject: Re: Stupid ftpd question Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk [some snippage] > > > How can I set up my FreeBSD anonymous ftp server so that it > > > defaults to transfer type 'binary' instead of 'ascii'? I'm using > > I doubt that you can (via ftp). > > Here's what makes me think you can : > > mispwoso>ftp ftp.freebsd.org > Using binary mode to transfer files. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Which ftp client were you using? The FreeBSD one defaults to binary mode, practically every other one I've used defaults to ASCII. >From a quick glance through RFC959, it looks as though the transfer type is whatever the user wants it to be, so the answer to the original question is no, unfortunately. -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland | http://freefall.freebsd.org/~jraynard/ james@jraynard.demon.co.uk | jraynard@freebsd.org