Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 12:45:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Wei Weng <wweng@stevens-tech.edu> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: install port collection Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.96.971014124441.16819A-100000@attila.stevens-tech.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971014093338.2456B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Thanks for your replying. But what is passive FTP mode? How can I know if I am using it or not? ja ne ************************************************************ Wei Weng & A N NIIIM MEEEE * Box s-1398 & A A NN N I MM MM * Stevens Institute of Technology& A A N N N I M M MEEEE * Hoboken, NJ 07030 & AAAAAAAN NN I M M * wweng@stevens-tech.edu &A A NIIIM MEEEE * ************************************************************ On Tue, 14 Oct 1997, Doug White wrote: > On Mon, 13 Oct 1997, Wei Weng wrote: > > > Hi. > > I have the same problem. But the things worse here is I am behind a stupid > > firewall, so there is no way that i can use ftp to grab the package from > > the master site directly. Is there any other way to do it? > > > > If you can do passive FTP then try setting the environment variable > FTP_PASSIVE_MODE. This will cause fetch to use passive mode instead, > which can normally get past firewalls. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > >
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