At 13:57 20/09/02, you wrote: >Hi folks, > >I have a machine which can't seem to use ftp through LWP or LibNet, but >can when I just use the ftp command line program. If I try to use the >interactive automatic CPAN it just sits there waiting for the config files >to download
Thanks to the many people who pointed out that I needed to persuade it to use Passive FTP. It is working now. Thanks. Several ways of specifying passive FTP were offered but I just re-installed libnet and told it to when asked. Alex McLintock Openweb Analysts Ltd, London. Software For Complex Websites http://www.OWAL.co.uk/ Open Source Software Companies please register here http://www.OWAL.co.uk/oss_support/