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From: Sahar <freebsd@plutonium.co.uk>
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Presently,  trying to install programs from ports fails.
It begins to initiate a normal FTP connection and then fails because the
PC in question is behind a firewall.

How can I change the setting so that when using ports, only PASSIVE FTP
is used by default

Many thanks

sahar
uk


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