Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 12:55:25 GMT From: James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: huck@mispwoso.nosc.mil Cc: jimd@mistery.mcafee.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stupid ftpd question Message-ID: <199606051255.MAA21644@jraynard.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199606050345.XAA00435@mispwoso.nosc.mil> (message from Craig Huckabee on Tue, 4 Jun 1996 23:45:38 -0400 (EDT))
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[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
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