Don't forget that there are a lot of firewalls (ANS Interlock in particular) out there that require logging in first. Passive mode won't work. That is, you ftp to the firewall, log in, and finally do a
user [EMAIL PROTECTED] That gives you a connection to the remote site which then prompts for the password. Yick. -- Dean Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] 94 TT :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Rev. Joseph Carter [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 12:52 AM > To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: netstd tools in the base system (was Re: What to do > with /bin/perl symlink?) > > On Tue, Apr 28, 1998 at 07:00:48PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > > What if the person does not want to use dselect? Many people (not > me) prefer > > > to download packages themselves, and dpkg -i them. Now that ftp > is removed, > > > they would either have to download netstd using something other > than linux, or > > > use dselect to download netstd. Given some people's dislike of > dselect, this > > > will be a major complaint. > > > > Some people can't use dselect's ftp method, firewalls and so on. > > Unless the firewall doesn't allow ANY ftp at all, the ftp method > supports > passive mode. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]