Red Hat FTP client broken

I am running Red Hat 9.0 and the ftp client does not support
active ftp connections, only passive.

I am trying to connect to an ftp server that only supports
active connections. Per the man page there is no way to force
an active connection.

Am I missing something or is there a work around. I can use Internet Exploer in Windows
and browse the ftp site since it is using an active connection, but Linux cannot do the
same!

Thanks for any help.



Mike

In comp.os.linux.networking Mike <mdw9604@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I am running Red Hat 9.0 and the ftp client does not support
> active ftp connections, only passive.

Subsequently entering "passive" command one can switch between
active and passive modes. Don't have RHL9.0 box around, but
on both RHL7.2 and RHEL3 it works the same way.

--
andrei

[This followup was posted to comp.os.linux.security and a copy was sent to the cited
author.]

In article <2jen9kF108oi1U1@uni-berlin.de>, iva@racoon.riga.lv says...
> In comp.os.linux.networking Mike <mdw9604@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I am running Red Hat 9.0 and the ftp client does not support
> > active ftp connections, only passive.
>
> Subsequently entering "passive" command one can switch between
> active and passive modes. Don't have RHL9.0 box around, but
> on both RHL7.2 and RHEL3 it works the same way.
>
>
Thank you! That did it. I am not sure how I missed that.

Thanks again,

Mike