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Date:      Fri, 2 Mar 2007 09:12:31 -0500
From:      "Don Munyak" <don.munyak@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Fwd: IPF (ftp - pkg_add) help requested
Message-ID:  <6207f7d90703020612p76f381d6nd37801d7d687ebd2@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20070302014921.GA48654@the-grills.com>
References:  <6207f7d90703010553t745460aap9cdc3f8a03ffaf69@mail.gmail.com> <45E6DBB0.9050603@hier7.com> <6207f7d90703011310m2ffe7740i25c01aa748a79ae9@mail.gmail.com> <20070302014921.GA48654@the-grills.com>

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On 3/1/07, Kelly D. Grills <kdgrills@the-grills.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 04:10:11PM -0500, Don Munyak wrote:
>
> As I hinted at in my original response, If you'd rather keep your
> firewall rules tighter, pkg_add(1) says:
>
> Note: If you wish to use passive mode ftp in such transfers, set
> the variable FTP_PASSIVE_MODE to some value in your environment.
>

ahh... now I see what your saying.

I have my server setup to disallow root login from console. I login as
user, then su to root. When I run # printenv |sort, This dispalys the
env varibale for me, not root.

How do I set|view env for root?..., specifically FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=YES

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OT... Kelley, btw...Baxter is cool :) I had a Pekingese once. For
Halloween, I shaved off all her hair except for a 2" mohawk
head-2-tail. I'll have to find the picture to send you some day.
Thanks.



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