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Date:      Mon, 9 Aug 1999 16:55:40 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        lluisma <lluisma@osi-technologies.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to automatically use pftp each time ftp is invoked
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908091655210.1164-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <37AE5850.53DA158@osi-technologies.com>

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On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, lluisma wrote:

> Is there a way that I can configure my system(3.2-stable last cvsup
> update on 8-5-1999) such that any use of ftp be always passive ftp? For
> example when building the gimp port it fails because our firewall only
> allows passive ftp.

Set the environment variable FTP_PASSIVE_MODE="YES"; see fetch(1).

Doug White                               
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