ftp passive mode

Alex White prata at kuei-jin.org
Mon Jul 12 23:10:35 UTC 2004


Overdorf, Sam wrote:
> When I try to download from "download.fedora.redhat.com" (using ftp) it
> complains about me not being in passive mode.
> 
> Well the client I'm using does not support passive mode therefore I
> can't list the files (ls, dir) and I can't get (get) the files.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this with my ftp client?

Sam, it helps if you tell us what ftp client you are using. Without 
that information there's not a whole lot anyone can tell you other 
than, "Get a different ftp client."

Alex White





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