Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 10:38:43 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Viliam Kyjac <kyjac@smu.gov.sk> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fetch problem Message-ID: <20040608093843.GA12433@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <000501c44d2f$36111f70$4d2f10ac@kyjac> References: <000501c44d2f$36111f70$4d2f10ac@kyjac>
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On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 10:04:23AM +0200, Viliam Kyjac wrote:
> on FreeBSD 4.6 fetch from perl script in /etc/Crontab not working (it is
> update.pl for drWeb antivirus), message fetch: operation timeout received,
> from console fetch also not operate, but the same perl script running from
> console operate OK
> please where is problem?
Could well be something to do with:
a) active vs passive mode FTP -- some firewalls will force you to
use passive mode: symptom is that you can connect to the remote
FTP server, but as soon as you try and get a directory listing or
retreive a file, everything freezes up.
Check and see if FTP_PASSIVE_MODE is set in your console
environment. It won't be set in the environment the cron(8)
generates for the scripts it runs, so if you need it, either set
it from within the script, or use the '-p' option on the fetch(1)
command line.
b) Similarly, you may need to use a proxy server to access remote
HTTP or FTP sites. That involves setting 'FTP_PROXY' and/or
'HTTP_PROXY' environment variables in the same way as above. See
fetch(3) for details of what environment settings there are to
play with.
Cheers,
Matthew
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