Re: ftp not working

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

Now, how do I make it so that lynx or emacs or lftp or wget also use
this passive mode?  I only seem to be able to make it work in the
regular client.  Is there a system setting that all of these would
look at to use passive mode?

Thanks again.

--Miguel

mwooding@thecity.sfsu.edu (Miguel Wooding SF Ten.Union) writes:

> "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