Of course, some people behind certain firewalls can only do passive mode
transfers - and you can't blame them for that.

Tom Veldhouse
veldy at veldy.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Austad, Jay" <austad at marketwatch.com>
To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 8:33 PM
Subject: RE: [TCLUG] proftpd patch for passive mode


> Passive mode is hosed in rc2.  The people who need to use this are
> journalists, typing anything which comes even remotely close to an ftp
> command is incomprehensible to them.  They have a pretty GUI interface one
> that runs under windows and getting some of them to click on "Advanced
> properties" to disable passive mode transfers was harder than explaining
> quantum physics to a retarded monkey.
>
> I need to get it patched or I'll be up all night with phonecalls
explaining
> to them how to disable passive mode on their client.  >:(
>