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Date:      Thu, 29 Nov 2001 13:32:33 +0300
From:      "Andrey Simonenko" <simon@comsys.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua>
To:        "Sahar" <freebsd@plutonium.co.uk>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: setting passive ftp for use with ports
Message-ID:  <01f001c178c1$280c4ac0$6d36120a@comsys.ntukpi.kiev.ua>
References:  <3C0614A1.87528D25@plutonium.co.uk>

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Sahar <freebsd@plutonium.co.uk>
Newsgroups: lucky.freebsd.questions
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 2:33 PM
Subject: setting passive ftp for use with ports


> 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
> 

From the fetch(1) manual page:

ENVIRONMENT
           FTP_PASSIVE_MODE  force the use of passive mode FTP






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