[Info-vax] TCPWARE FTP client to Unix server issue, I think...

[Scott Dorsey]

 <instructionset at gmail.com> wrote:
>I don't have a lot of detailed information at the moment but I'll get it (n=
>I have a FreeBSD file server running pure-ftpd that I can connect to with e=
>very client I've tried, from the built in OS/2 ftp client, Windows' built i=
>n FTP client and all sorts of other strange or dead platforms. With UCX/HP =
>TCPIP I've never had any issues issues connecting to it, but when I tired t=
>cpware I could log in, but when trying to do a dir or ls or any other remot=
>e operation I got bad return codes and nothing works. If I remember correct=
>ly, there was something in my server side logs about it not liking extended=
> passive mode (I tired active ftp as well) even though I'm fairly sure EPSV=
> has worked with other clients without any issues.=20

So turn off extended passive mode and try again.

>Is this a common problem connecting to UNIX servers, some configuration cha=
>nge I need to make on one side or the other? I looked through the docs and =
>it seems like it should "just work."

It's a common problem connecting through firewalls that don't allow return
connections back in.
--scott

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