Noted. If nobody else gets to it, I'll put it on tomorrow. On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, John Hurst wrote:
> > On Sunday, Feb 9, 2003, at 23:07 Australia/Melbourne, June Van Dyke > wrote: > > > 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. > > And make sure you include the protocol in front of the proxy as well > > ftp://proxy.yoursite.somewhere > > I've just spent a frustrating couple of days trying to track down why > my fink{,commander} didn't work because of this. > > "fink configure" gives helpful hints in this direction, but FC > Preferences and the Fink FAQ Q 3.2 do not. (Can the documentation be > updated to reflect this?) > > > --John Hurst > -- Associate Dean (Teaching), Faculty of Information Technology > -- A/Professor, School of Computer Science and Software Engineering > --rm G23, Building 63 > --PO Box 26, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800 ~ ~~~&#: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] +61 3 990 55192 _..___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --(mob 0407 569 041) (fax +61 3 990 55146) |_____[_|_________[__]_ > --http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~ajh oo oo oo O--O--O o=o > --free times, see: > -- http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~ajh/cgi-bin/appointments.cgi > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users > -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
