>It seems passive mode is now the mode of choice for ftp.  Netscape's ftp
>site hangs on passive mode.

I've never had any trouble with Netscape's site in passive mode. I've kept
my Mac's ftp client in passive mode for years.
>
>Is there someplace global I can turn this off?

man ftp tells me that:
ENVIRONMENT
     ftp uses the following environment variables.

     FTPANONPASS    Password to send in an anonymous ftp transfer.  Defaults
                    to ```whoami`@''.

     FTPMODE        Overrides the default operation mode.  Support values are:

                    active   active mode ftp only

                    auto     automatic determination of passive or active
                             (this is the default)

                    gate     gate-ftp mode

                    passive  passive mode ftp only


>The packages guys should probably take note of this, since navigator is
>retrieved from netscapes ftp site.

Hmm, odd...I just tried both in NetBSD and MacOS. Netscape must have
changed something on their servers. That is purely broken on their part, &
they should be notified to fix it. Many firewalls and NAT setups can't use
active ftp, which is why it defaults to passive.

Mike
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