Re: FTP only with Windows? Why not Linux?
On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 01:55:03PM +0800, Robert Storey wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 21:43:12 -0400
> Peter Christensen <christenpet@snip.net> wrote:
>
> > Does that Winsock reference mean that only software running under
> > Windows can get through??? I've used Kbear and Konqueror successfully
> > to ftp to other sites...
>
> I encountered something like this once. Somebody suggested that I use
> "ncftp" (there's a Debian package) and it worked. I can't tell you just
> why, but ncftp seems pretty good.
Actually, NCFTP is a proprietary FTP client/server system; the server
is pay-for, and the client free, but just to make sure you're using
their client, they made all sorts of RFC-breaking tweaks to the server.
'tis highly fscking irritating.
--
Don Werve <donw@examen.com> (Unix System Administrator)
Yorn desh born, der ritt de gitt der gue,
Orn desh, dee born desh, de umn bork! bork! bork!
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