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Date:      Thu, 16 Oct 2003 22:24:12 -0500
From:      "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz>
To:        Brandon Fosdick <brandon.h.fosdick@lmco.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ftp/fetch "command not understood" on stable and current
Message-ID:  <3F8F60DC.1090501@daleco.biz>
In-Reply-To: <007e01c3945b$89401940$13fd2fd8@Admin02>
References:  <3F8EFE8C.6070604@lmco.com> <007e01c3945b$89401940$13fd2fd8@Admin02>

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Scot W. Hetzel wrote:

>Your ftp client went into passive mode.  The reason it went to passive mode
>is because the /etc/login.conf file is setting an environment variable
>((FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=YES) to turn on passive mode.  To disable it, run ftp or
>fetch under sh as follows:
>
>FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=NO ftp ...
>FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=NO fetch ...
>
>or change FTP_PASSIVE_MODE  to NO in the "default" section of
>/etc/login.conf, and then use cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf to rebuild the
>login.conf.db.
>
>Scot
>
>  
>
Alternatively ---

$ftp
ftp>pasv
passive mode off.
ftp>open ftp.freebsd.org
....etc.....



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