On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 12:46, s. keeling wrote: > > On what FTP client? I have 0.17-12 and passive is not the default mode > > Good question. > > (0) keeling /home/keeling_ COLUMNS=110 dpkg -l | grep ftp > [snip] > ii lftp 2.4.9-1woody2 Sophisticated command-line FTP/HTTP client programs > ii lukemftp 1.5-7 The enhanced ftp client. > [snip] > > /etc/alternatives/ftp says I'm using: > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Dec 23 2003 /etc/alternatives/ftp -> /usr/bin/lukemftp > > "status" says: > > Passive mode: on; fallback to active mode: on. > > How do you get ftp to say what it is? None of "ftp '-version|-v|--v|--V|--help|-help'" > do anything useful. gaumer@debiantosh:(~)$ dpkg -l ftp ii ftp 0.17-12 The FTP client. gaumer@debiantosh:(~)$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/ftp lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 May 19 16:37 /etc/alternatives/ftp -> /usr/bin/netkit-ftp gaumer@debiantosh:(~)$ dpkg -L ftp /. /usr /usr/bin /usr/bin/netkit-ftp /usr/share /usr/share/man /usr/share/man/man1 /usr/share/man/man1/netkit-ftp.1.gz /usr/share/man/man5 /usr/share/man/man5/netrc.5.gz /usr/share/doc /usr/share/doc/ftp /usr/share/doc/ftp/BUGS /usr/share/doc/ftp/README /usr/share/doc/ftp/copyright /usr/share/doc/ftp/changelog.gz /usr/share/doc/ftp/changelog.Debian.gz /usr/bin/pftp /usr/share/man/man1/pftp.1.gz So you see he could be using one of many choices (not to mention OS's) which is why he needs to make sure he is operating in passive mode. This is most likely his problem.
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