----- Original Message ----- From: Miod Vallat Date: Friday, November 10, 2006 20:33 Subject: Re: disable "extended passive mode" of /usr/bin/ftp question? To: Didier Wiroth Cc: [email protected]
> > Unfortunately, for me, the ftp client uses the "Extended > Passive Mode" instead of (standard) "passive mode". Our third > party firewalls, which I don't have access, does not handle > extended passive mode correctly. I have to use "export > FTPMODE=active" as "export FTPMODE=passive" still uses > (standard) "passive mode" to be able to do a connection. > > Did you try ``ftp -E''? > > Miod Actually, no ;-) But ... it was more because of the ports system (when fetching source files), or when using pkg_add . Isn't it possible to modify this behavior (without installing another ftp package) with the default ftp program when using the ports system or pkg_add? Kind regards, Didier
