[techtalk] Re: [grrltalk] I'm back from the dead (and they were far out, man)

[eito at cs.pdx.edu]

On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 09:12:47AM +0200, Magni Onsoien wrote:
> If you are behind a firewall you might have to use an ftp-client that
> supports passive connections. I wish I could use ncftp for that, but I
> have actually never managed to get it to work in passive mode (ncftp
> 2.4.3 on Debian 2.2 or RedHat 5.2). Any tip (or config files)
> appreciated :)

Hi,

You can edit ~/.ncftp/prefs.v2 to 1 (default is 0) or, in ncftp prompt,
type 'set ftp-mode 1' to use passive mode in ncftp (version 2). I am
using older version (2.0.x), so filename and/or option name may
different from yours.


HTH,

:eito