Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 16:43:20 +0100 From: "N.J. Mann" <njm@njm.me.uk> To: gahn <ipfreak@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd security <freebsd-security@freebsd.org>, freebsd general questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ftp passive mode Message-ID: <20100520154320.GA96788@titania.njm.me.uk> In-Reply-To: <111263.90106.qm@web52308.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <111263.90106.qm@web52308.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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In message <111263.90106.qm@web52308.mail.re2.yahoo.com>,
gahn (ipfreak@yahoo.com) wrote:
>
> I am behind firewall and only pass ftp sessions are allowed. With
> that, most ftp sessions of portupgrade would not be able to connect to
> remote FreeBSD sites.
>
> Could I reconfigure the my FreeBSD 7.3 in a way so that it would only
> start ftp sessions in PASV mode?
The on-line handbook in section 4.5.2 'Installing Ports' says:
The ports system uses fetch(1) to download the files, which honors
various environment variables, including FTP_PASSIVE_MODE, FTP_PROXY,
and FTP_PASSWORD.
So try setting FTP_PASSIVE_MODE in your environment.
man ports and man fetch may also be worth a read.
Cheers,
Nick.
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