ftp ls & dir problem SOLVED!

1999-09-16 Thread Jean-Yves BARBIER
The problem was that the firewall was set to let ONLY ports 1:1023 to go out on the WEB I/F. (silly isn't it?) A great thanx to Arnold Seth who drove me to the solution. JY

Re: ftp ls & dir problem

1999-09-16 Thread Jean-Yves BARBIER
On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 02:28:19AM -0700, Seth R Arnold wrote: > Jean-Yves, try setting your ftp program to passive mode -- sometimes PASV, > PASSIVE, depending on your ftp client. > > Chances are your firewall prevents these things from happening. Normally, > your ftp client opens a control chann

Re: ftp ls & dir problem

1999-09-16 Thread Seth R Arnold
Jean-Yves, try setting your ftp program to passive mode -- sometimes PASV, PASSIVE, depending on your ftp client. Chances are your firewall prevents these things from happening. Normally, your ftp client opens a control channel to the server, and when you download files, your client opens a port,

ftp ls & dir problem

1999-09-16 Thread Jean-Yves BARBIER
Hi all, I have a huge problem on my station: every time I try to ftp any external (web) service, the connexion is Ok, but when I try to make 'ls' or 'dir' no way! the answer' still the same: 500 Illegal PORT Command ftp: bind: Address already in use LAN: station PII400, 2.2.10, ftp=system ba