On Wed, 2005-01-05 at 14:30 +0100, Wim De Smet wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 12:27:51 +0100, Karsten Bolding
> <karsten@bolding-burchard.com> wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > the following command:
> > wget -nd ftp://80.198.12.199/pub/hans.burchard/aa
> > gives the following output:
> > krabbe% wget -nd ftp://80.198.12.199/pub/hans.burchard/aa
> > --12:25:17-- ftp://80.198.12.199/pub/hans.burchard/aa
> > => `aa'
> > Connecting to 80.198.12.199:21... connected.
> > Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
> > ==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
> > ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/hans.burchard ... done.
> > ==> PASV ...
> >
> > and then hangs.
> > If I do a normal anonymous ftp I can download the file OK.
>
> Have you tried other hosts? It could be that the host you are trying
> to connect to can only accept active ftp (passive ftp requires it to
> open a port to allow an extra connection from your host). Try a
> different host and see if that works.
The man page seems to indicate that "active" is the default.
--passive-ftp
Use the passive FTP retrieval scheme, in which the
client initiates the data connection. This is
sometimes required for FTP to work behind fire-
walls.
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