ftp passive mode -- what's that?

[Remi Villatel]

Hi everybody,

I just install SuSE Linux 8.2 and I can't use any ftp related stuff,
except Konqueror.

When I try to download something (ftp://somewhere) with Mozilla (1.4),
all I get is: 425 Failed to establish connection

With "ftp" in a Konsole, everything works until:

229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (variable number)

And nothing else happens until I press CTRL+C.

"wget" does approximatively the same:

***@tinbox:~> wget
ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/SuSE-Linux/suse/i386/8.2/suse/i586/xntp-4.1.1-177.i586.rpm
--19:22:19--
ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/SuSE-Linux/suse/i386/8.2/suse/i586/xntp-4.1.1-177.i586.rpm
=> `xntp-4.1.1-177.i586.rpm.1'
Resolving fr2.rpmfind.net... completed.
Connection to fr2.rpmfind.net[195.220.108.108]:21...connected.
Beginning session as anonymous...Session established!
==> SYST ... completed. ==> PWD ... completed.
==> TYPE I ... completed. ==> CWD
/linux/SuSE-Linux/suse/i386/8.2/suse/i586 ... completed.
==> EPSV ... failed. ==> PASV ...

And that's all until CTRL+C. The address is correct because I succeeded
to download the RPM with Konqueror.

There's no active firewall (if it matters). What do I have to do? I
can't live without command line ftp tools!

See ya,

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Remi Villatel
***@normandnet.fr
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[Remi Villatel]

Post by Remi Villatel
I just install SuSE Linux 8.2 and I can't use any ftp related stuff,
except Konqueror.
When I try to download something (ftp://somewhere) with Mozilla (1.4),
all I get is: 425 Failed to establish connection
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (variable number)
And nothing else happens until I press CTRL+C.

I know, I answer to myself but nobody wants to talk to me... ;-)

Any way, thanks to nobody, I solved my problem (apparently).

By default, SuSE set this "passive mode" (PASV) and also wants to use a
proxy, although undefined. I unset all this and everything works as before.

Control center -> Internet & Network -> Configuration (and) Proxy (at
the same level)

So, many thanks to me... ;-)

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Remi Villatel
***@normandnet.fr
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