Kent Polk wrote:
So you are saying ZServer just isn't ever going to support Active ftp clients in the correct port-1 manner? If so, you might want to put a LARGE BANNER disclaimer about this matter as this makes ZServer unusable from most ftp clients that try to access it from behind standard a firewall. (And yes, on checking, it appears that the only OSes we could locate that come with a passive ftp client by default are the BSD's).
I didn't say it, Sam did. :-) But I agree with him. Active mode is becoming deprecated and it would take extraordinary effort for Medusa to support it 100%. The most used FTP clients these days are browsers such as Netscape and IE. They always run in passive mode; in fact you can't turn off passive mode. "wget" runs in passive mode if you use the --passive-ftp option. Almost every FTP client you find on freshmeat or download.com supports passive FTP, including WS_FTP and FTP Explorer. At least in Mandrake 7.x, even the standard ftp command supports passive mode. After logging in, enter "passive". Shane