Re: ftp not working

[mwooding@thecity.sfsu.edu (Miguel Wooding SF Ten.Union)]

"Eric G . Miller" <egm2@jps.net> writes:

>   Another person on this list was having a similar problem with his/her
>   own machine.  If you're using the regular ftp client, you might try
>   these steps first.
> 
>   ftp> open <whatever>
>   ftp> username: <etc>
>   ftp> password: <etc>
>   Then:
>   ftp> debug
>   ftp> passive
>   
>   Seems the ftp client doesn't necessarily default to passive mode,
>   though many set-ups, with firewalls or such, only work in passive
>   mode.  That may be all you need to do.


Thanks.  That seems to work fine.  Now I'll look into what "passive
mode" means.

--Miguel