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Date:      Wed, 07 Jun 2000 18:26:46 -0400
From:      James Housley <jim@thehousleys.net>
To:        Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Passive mode for ftp
Message-ID:  <393ECC26.A2DE6DFA@thehousleys.net>
References:  <393EB2EC.B4D083A1@math.missouri.edu> <393ECA1E.58DF698C@math.missouri.edu>

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Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
> 
> OK, it is not passive mode as such that seems to be problem.
> 
> Suppose I do:
> ftp ftp.freebsd.org
> and log on as anonymous.  When I type
> ls
> I get the messages
> 500 'EPSV': command not understood.
> 500 'LPSV': command not understood.
> Passive mode refused.
> 
> This worked in earler versions of FreeBSD 4.0, even when I had
> a firewall.
> 
This is from /etc/login.conf:

default:\
        :copyright=/etc/COPYRIGHT:\
        :welcome=/etc/motd:\
        :setenv=MAIL=/var/mail/$,BLOCKSIZE=K,FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=NO:\

I changed FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=YES to NO and all was right in the world.

Jim

Don't forget cap_mkdb.
 
-- 
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.


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