don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I did not specify the "passive" option, yet it appears to have been used > anyway.... Here's a short transcript: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] sim390]$ wget ftp://musicm.mcgill.ca/sim390/sim390dm.zip > --21:05:21-- ftp://musicm.mcgill.ca/sim390/sim390dm.zip > => `sim390dm.zip' > Resolving musicm.mcgill.ca... done. > Connecting to musicm.mcgill.ca[132.206.120.4]:21... connected. > Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in! > ==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done. > ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /sim390 ... done. > ==> PASV ... > Cannot initiate PASV transfer.
Are you sure that something else hasn't done it for you? For example, a system-wide initialization file `/usr/local/etc/wgetrc' or `/etc/wgetrc'.