please inform what is this nc thing ? do i issue this command from the 
command prompt of my window client ? i am a total novice and request to be 
excused for asking such silly questions.


At 03:29 PM 4/12/2002 +0530, Binand Raj S. wrote:
>On Friday 12 April 2002 15:21 pm, sha kan wrote:
> > Hello Binand Raj S,
> >
> > Thanks for your prompt reply. One more pbl.
>
>I hate sourceforge. Please click on Reply All and *remove* the
>non-list addresses from the To: list, before sending.
>
> > when i'm try to access remote ftp server using ws_ftp
> > or any telnet ftp, it gets authenticated, But while
> > giving dir, ls commands only error results like "500
> > Illegal port command".
> > I've tried 'passive on' too, but same results.
> > I don't knowwhere the problem.
> > plz help asap.
>
>You need to understand the FTP protocol some more. It requires two
>connections - one control connection (the one you create by telnetting)
>and another data connection - the one you didn't create.
>
>Try this:
>
>binand@binand[~]:(12) nc ftp 21
>220 marabar.cysphere.com FTP server (Version wu-2.6.1-16) ready.
>USER anonymous
>331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
>PASS [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
>PASV
>227 Entering Passive Mode (10,0,2,43,185,127)
>
>See that? The server is telling you how to get the data you requested
>for. You need to connect to that IP/port combination to get data - the
>first four numbers are the IP, the last two the port. The port to connect
>is 185 * 256 + 127 = 47487. So I do another nc in another window, and then:
>
>LIST
>150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for directory listing.
>226 Transfer complete.
>
>In the other nc window, I get:
>
>binand@binand[~]:(19) nc ftp 47487
>total 32
>d--x--x--x   2 root     root         4096 Feb 21 09:01 bin
>d--x--x--x   2 root     root         4096 Feb 21 09:01 etc
>dr-xr-xr-x   2 root     root         4096 Feb 21 09:50 lib
>dr-xr-xr-x  10 root     root         4096 Apr  2 11:53 pub
>
>Simple, isn't it?
>
>For active FTP, try this (taking the same port number as above, to simplify):
>
>binand@binand[~]:(20) nc -l -p 47487
>
>and in the FTP window,
>PORT 10,0,0,14,185,127
>200 PORT command successful.
>LIST
>150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for directory listing.
>226 Transfer complete.
>
>And get a similar directory listing in the nc -l window.
>
>Binand
>
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