At 9:09 AM -0800 11/25/03, Jeremy Mates wrote: >* Hannes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> but it only skips the initial retrieval errors, and just copying all >> perl modules in the .cpan directory outside of CPAN just to install >> them from the cpan shell doesn't seem to be the solution. I know that >> lynx, wget, ftp etc are working outside of cpan.... > >Sounds like a firewall gnawing on the non-passive FTP connection >attempts from the FTP server back to your host. Are these other >utilities set to use passive FTP or a proxy?
I can confirm - just shut off the internal firewall (System Prefereces > Sharing), and cpan works fine. I've not had time to look into it further. -- Morbus Iff ( insert pithy quote here ) Technical: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/779 Culture: http://www.disobey.com/ and http://www.gamegrene.com/ icq: 2927491 / aim: akaMorbus / yahoo: morbus_iff / jabber.org: morbus
