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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!palmer.demon.co.uk!palmer.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: gary@palmer.demon.co.uk (Gary Palmer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FTP install Date: 19 Oct 1995 21:06:56 +0100 Organization: none Lines: 20 Message-ID: <466b50$1dc@palmer.demon.co.uk> References: <460s03$q42@news.bu.edu> <DGnBsF.FF5@cs.fredonia.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc.my.org X-NNTP-Posting-Host: palmer.demon.co.uk In article <DGnBsF.FF5@cs.fredonia.edu>, Jin Mazumdar <mazumdar@cs.fredonia.edu> wrote: > In the installation of FreeBSD there appears to be no option >to fetch files from a user defined machine which does not support >anonymous ftp. If this feature is added users could be encouraged >to get the files once from the primary site and then consequently use >their home machine to install additional machines. This would cut down >the load on the primary and mirror sites. Umm. This was implimented for 2.0.5 RELEASE as far as I remember, along with support for FTP proxy servers and passive FTP support to allow installation through firewalls. There is definately support for this. I believe you can set username & password on the options menu. Gary