[ale] Q: Linux ftp through M$ p[r]oxy

[Jim Philips]

Have you tried typing:

set passive on

at the ncftp command prompt and then using "open <real_server_ip>"?

Ncftp is a server as well as a client and some firewalls object to that.

On Thursday 11 July 2002 02:43 pm, John Mills wrote:
> ALErs -
>
> As a Linux denizen of a M$ LAN domain, I must pass through a proxy to
> 'ftp' servers in the outside world. My Win98 laptop's builtin 'ftp' client
> works just fine, but I can't get through with a Linux host.
>
> I am fiddling with ncftp and not being successful. I see
>
>  $ ncftp <real_server_ip>
>  <credits>
>  Could not connect to <proxyIP>. Connection refused.
>
> I don't know much about the proxy.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> TIA.
>  - John Mills
>
>
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