On 2/8/03 10:12 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi folks:
>
> I've tried with no success to figure out how to poke a hole in my ipfw
> firewall that will enable curl ftp to fetch files from an ftp site. I
> also tried switching to curl-ssl but that didn't help. Normal ftp and
> sftp works, so I am at a loss. What port and protocol do I need to
> allow this? When I suspend my ipfw firewall, it works, so I know that
> it must be the culprit, but this isn't a pretty way to do fink updates.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Bill Scott
I'm using System Preferences to configure ipfw, but had the same problem
with ftp downloads. To fix it, you should go to the Network pane, and select
the "Proxies" tab. Check the box that says "Use Passive FTP Mode (PASV)",
and all should be well.
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