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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (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
