Subject: "PASV"?

From: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 16:05:43 +0800

Does anyone know what the point is on the PASV command to the server?
What does it do in all the gory details?  It seems that my server
is hanging when this command is being sent to my ftpd.  (What's
sending, why Netscape, of course).  This is unfortunately the only
browser that I have found that sends that command to my ftpd, and it
is the only browser that does not like ftp to my server.

Anyone have any clues about this, or the details on PASV?

>>Ericw

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From: [email-masked] (Koos van den Hout _U nix and we all_)
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 09:00:15 +0100 (MET)

> Does anyone know what the point is on the PASV command to the server?

Ftp-Data connections are then initiated 'the other way around' then normal.
This can be usefull if the ftp client is inside a firewall, and can't
accept new connections coming from the outside.

> is the only browser that does not like ftp to my server.

In case you're running on Solaris...

>From the FAQ :

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        9. Normal ftp clients work, Netscape ftp's fail. So, passive
            mode doesn't work.

            Apparantly ftpd needs write permission on ~ftp/dev/tcp in
            order to operate correctly in passive mode (Solaris).
         
            Fix: 

cd ~ftp/dev      
chgrp ftp tcp 
chmod 775 tcp    
        Thanks to Simon Rakov ([email-masked]) for
            this one.
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                                             Grtx. KH

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