From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 4 20:46:58 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA20103 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 4 Jun 1996 20:46:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mispwoso.nosc.mil (mispwoso.nosc.mil [198.253.27.55]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA20090 for ; Tue, 4 Jun 1996 20:46:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from huck@localhost) by mispwoso.nosc.mil (8.6.12/8.6.12) id XAA00435; Tue, 4 Jun 1996 23:45:38 -0400 From: Craig Huckabee Message-Id: <199606050345.XAA00435@mispwoso.nosc.mil> Subject: Re: Stupid ftpd question To: jimd@mistery.mcafee.com (Jim Dennis) Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 23:45:38 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <201006050033.RAA00469@mistery.mcafee.com> from "Jim Dennis" at Jun 4, 96 10:37:16 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > > > > How can I set up my FreeBSD anonymous ftp server so that it > > defaults to transfer type 'binary' instead of 'ascii'? I'm using > > wu-ftpd out of the ports collection on a 2.1-RELEASE machine. > > Since everything I will have online will be images (CAD files) > > I want to go ahead and default transfer type to 'binary'. > > That's not a stupid question at all. > That answer....on the other hand.... > > As far as I know the transfer type is purely a client > side configuration matter. In other words -- > > I doubt that you can (via ftp). Here's what makes me think you can : mispwoso>ftp ftp.freebsd.org Connected to wcarchive.cdrom.com. 220 wcarchive.cdrom.com FTP server (Version wu-2.4(13) Wed Apr 3 01:05:49 PST 1996) ready. Name (ftp.freebsd.org:huck): ftp 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. Password: 230-Welcome to wcarchive - home ftp site for Walnut Creek CDROM. [SNIP] 230- it was last modified on Mon Mar 25 20:51:20 1996 - 71 days ago 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Interesting, no? --Craig > > (I wouldn't mind being proven wrong on this. However I'm > sure that ftp.cdrom.com and the maintainers of simtel, > cica, garbo, and other popular ftp sites would have done this > long, long, long ago -- if they could). > > Jim Dennis, > System Administrator, > McAfee Associates >