It really depends on what firewall you are using. Where I am we are using TIS's (the maker's of the Firewall Toolkit) Gauntlet firewall, it allows for transparent access if you make the firewall the default gateway of your computer.
However, if your firewall doesn't allow transparent access, then you need to do a little experiment. When we ran the Firewall Toolkit, it required you to do a three step process. 1. Ftp to the firewall 2. connect to ftp sight by typing [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3. type in the needed password. This matches up well with the normal ftp method. 1. Ftp to what.sight.you.want 2. type in username 3. type in password So what might work for you is to set the ftp sight to your firewall, set the username to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" (or whatever ftp sight you use) and set your password as your "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". It might be a little different for your firewall, but if it would take you manually three steps to get out, you should be able to automate for dselect. Hope this helps, Shaya -- Shaya Potter [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, Martin Fehlhaber wrote: > I sure hope this is not a FAQ... > > How is it possible to use the ftp access from within dselect to reach > through a fire-wall system? Alternatives? > > Thanx, > -- > Martin Fehlhaber > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >