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From: sthaug@nethelp.no (Steinar Haug)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ftp ... passive  mode
Date: 29 Jul 1996 20:43:05 GMT
Organization: Nethelp Consulting, Trondheim, Norway
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In-reply-to: otto@unixhack's message of 29 Jul 1996 21:50:51 GMT

[Chris Syntichakis]

|   Is it possible to set the ftp in passive mode by default?
|   (ie not setting it manually)

You have pftp, which always uses passive. You also have the source for ftp.
What more do you need?

I always put in the following patch after upgrading to a new release of
FreeBSD.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
----------------------------------------------------------------------
*** main.c.orig	Thu May 30 05:08:17 1996
--- main.c	Sat Jun 22 19:16:15 1996
***************
*** 81,87 ****
  	doglob = 1;
  	interactive = 1;
  	autologin = 1;
! 	passivemode = 0;
  	restricted_data_ports = 1;
  
  	cp = strrchr(argv[0], '/');
--- 81,87 ----
  	doglob = 1;
  	interactive = 1;
  	autologin = 1;
! 	passivemode = 1;
  	restricted_data_ports = 1;
  
  	cp = strrchr(argv[0], '/');