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Re: Passive mode FTP?



on Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 06:36:33PM +0200, staf wagemakers (staf@digibel.org) wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 06:24:00PM -0400, Stan Brown wrote:
> > Whats the magic environment variable to get ftp to use FTP mode?
> 
> If you start "ftp -p" ftp will use passive mode, at the ftp prompt you can
> switch between "normal" and passive mode with the passive command.

Is there any way of specifying this as a default?  AFAIK, ftp doesn't
have a config file, though ~/.netrc can be used to specify access.
default/anonymous is my own preferred setting:

    default login anonymous password anon@emous.com

Cheers.

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