Re: ftp client

On 26/01/2008, James K. Lowden <[email protected]> wrote:
> Chavdar Ivanov wrote:
> > Ncftp3 works fine. FileZilla Client works fine. NetBSD /usr/bin/ftp
> > doesn't - in both passive (the default in the first instance) and
> > forced active mode. There is a wait of about half a minute before the
> > message 'ftp: Poll timeout...' appears.
>
> Quite a pickle....
>
> I don't have an answer, but some things to try.
>
> 1.  The ftp(1) man page suggests using "epsv4 off" in such situations.

Indeed...

> 2.  Try another host e.g. ftp.netbsd.org for another data point.

It works fine to most of the hosts I try to connect to. I've come
across just a few which did not.

> 3.  Enable debugging to get more verbose output.
>
> I have my money on #1.  ;-)

You would have won... I've got now

default
macdef init
epsv4 off

in my .netrc, straight from the man page.

>
> HTH.

Thanks.

>
> --jkl
>
>
>


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