Re: ftp passive mode

2010-05-20 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Lowell Gilbert  writes:

> gahn  writes:
>
>> I am behind firewall and only pass ftp sessions are allowed. With that, most 
>> ftp sessions of portupgrade would not be able to connect to remote FreeBSD 
>> sites.
>>
>> Could I reconfigure the my FreeBSD 7.3 in a way so that it would only start 
>> ftp sessions in PASV mode?
>
> That should already be the default; FETCH_ARGS should be set to "-ApRr"
> in /etc/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk (the 'p' option is what means "passive"
> mode).  It certainly works for me, and has for many years.  You can test
> by setting FTP_PASSIVE_MODE (to anything *except* "no") in the environment.

And I notice that should already be set as well; it's part of the
"default" class setting in /etc/login.conf.
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Re: ftp passive mode

2010-05-20 Thread N.J. Mann
In message <111263.90106...@web52308.mail.re2.yahoo.com>,
gahn (ipfr...@yahoo.com) wrote:
> 
> I am behind firewall and only pass ftp sessions are allowed. With
> that, most ftp sessions of portupgrade would not be able to connect to
> remote FreeBSD sites.
> 
> Could I reconfigure the my FreeBSD 7.3 in a way so that it would only
> start ftp sessions in PASV mode?

The on-line handbook in section 4.5.2 'Installing Ports' says:

  The ports system uses fetch(1) to download the files, which honors
  various environment variables, including FTP_PASSIVE_MODE, FTP_PROXY,
  and FTP_PASSWORD.

So try setting FTP_PASSIVE_MODE in your environment.

man ports  and  man fetch  may also be worth a read.


Cheers,
   Nick.
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Re: ftp passive mode

2010-05-20 Thread Lowell Gilbert
gahn  writes:

> I am behind firewall and only pass ftp sessions are allowed. With that, most 
> ftp sessions of portupgrade would not be able to connect to remote FreeBSD 
> sites.
>
> Could I reconfigure the my FreeBSD 7.3 in a way so that it would only start 
> ftp sessions in PASV mode?

That should already be the default; FETCH_ARGS should be set to "-ApRr"
in /etc/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk (the 'p' option is what means "passive"
mode).  It certainly works for me, and has for many years.  You can test
by setting FTP_PASSIVE_MODE (to anything *except* "no") in the environment.
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