Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 14:24:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Wei Weng <wweng@stevens-tech.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: install port collection Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971014142243.2718C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.96.971014124441.16819A-100000@attila.stevens-tech.edu>
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On Tue, 14 Oct 1997, Wei Weng wrote: > Thanks for your replying. But what is passive FTP mode? How can I know if > I am using it or not? I don't know how pssive FTP works, but it connects in a different fashion that doesn't upset firewalls as much. You're using it if you have the environment variable FTP_PASSIVE_MODE set or if you have it set in Netscape, or if you can't use ftp without special flags. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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