Re: ip_masq_ftp is not working

Glynn Clements (glynn@sensei.co.uk)
Fri, 30 Jul 1999 15:06:49 +0200 (GMT--1:00)


Craig J Matthews, MCP wrote:

> If you are trying to FTP from a box on the inside of your LAN via IP masq,
> be sure you are using an FTP client that supports PASV mode transfers.
>
> I do not believe command line ftp supports this.

Yes it does.

cerise:~$ ftp
ftp> help passive
passive enter passive transfer mode

If you live behind a firewall, you probably want to create an init
macro ('macdef init') within your ~/.netrc file to enable passive mode
automatically, e.g.:

default
macdef init
passive

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn@sensei.co.uk>

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