Re: Anybody have a clue why...

[Andrew Brown <firewall-wizards () lists graffiti com>]

> Windows clients such as WS_FTP and Netscape work just fine when set to
> passive mode. When I do a "quote PASV" in a command line ftp session (Unix
> or Windows command line clients), the server says its entering passive mode,
> but a list or file transfer in either direction just hangs.

when you "quote pasv", that tells the server to enter passive mode,
but not the client.  what actually happens then is probably
"implementation dependant".  for me (win95 command line -> netbsd) the
client just sends a port command and the server swaps back
automagically.  ymmv.

the client needs to support passive as well.  did you try the
"passive" command...that the win95 command line client doesn't seem to
have...oh well.  any unix should have it tho.

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