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RE: basic help please

From: Lee Elcocks <l_elcocks_at_hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 14:26:36 +0000

Exactly, i have to use PASV command, i have no choice,
 
Admin says that they would expect a h1,h2,h3,h4,p1,p2 reply, which really doeant help.
 
So i can only assume that i am at fault somewhere!!?
 
 
 
 

 
> Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 13:32:07 +0000
> From: alex_at_alex.org.uk
> To: curl-users_at_cool.haxx.se
> Subject: RE: basic help please
>
>
>
> --On 3 December 2010 11:39:30 +0100 Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se> wrote:
>
> >> However when connecting we get the response,
> >>
> >> h1.h2.h3.h4,p1,p2 (notice the difference between full stops and comma's)
> >
> > Wow. What server software is that? Do your other ftp clients do passive
> > transfers fine from it?
>
> RFC959 says:
>
> DATA PORT (PORT)
>
> The argument is a HOST-PORT specification for the data port
> to be used in data connection. There are defaults for both
> the user and server data ports, and under normal
> circumstances this command and its reply are not needed. If
> this command is used, the argument is the concatenation of a
> 32-bit internet host address and a 16-bit TCP port address.
> This address information is broken into 8-bit fields and the
> value of each field is transmitted as a decimal number (in
> character string representation). The fields are separated
> by commas. A port command would be:
>
> PORT h1,h2,h3,h4,p1,p2
>
> where h1 is the high order 8 bits of the internet host
> address.
>
> Which is I think what Lee says the documentation for his server described,
> but isn't what it actually does. I'm surprised it works with any ftp
> client at all.
>
> --
> Alex Bligh
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Received on 2010-12-03