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Guest Howard - JC Publishing
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I need to run ftp through the Windows CMD window. That works fine except I

need to change to PASV [passive] mode. How di I change to that setting?

 

Thank you.

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Re: ftp in Windows command window

 

Howard - JC Publishing wrote:

> I need to run ftp through the Windows CMD window. That works fine except I

> need to change to PASV [passive] mode. How di I change to that setting?

>

> Thank you.

>

Windows ftp does not support passive. Type help at the > prompt if you

wish. But Ftp has never supported mode changes. That's why so many

other free ftp programs are available. ie. Filezilla.

I have found sftp from 'move it freely' that is replacement for the

ftp.exe from MS. sftp is a secure ftp but is has commands to change

passive and active modes.

http://www.ipswitchft.com/products/moveit/client/freely/?k_id=moveit55freely&k_id=ipswitchft_com_moveit_documents_worldwide_moveit55release-moveitfreely

Guest ~~Alan~~
Posted

Re: ftp in Windows command window

 

Control Panel

Internet Options

Advanced

Use passive FTP (for firewall and DSL modem compatability)

 

~alan

 

"Howard - JC Publishing" <HowardJCPublishing@discussions.microsoft.com>

wrote in message news:DF9F64ED-C9DA-4C97-81B7-4C84B653B3F8@microsoft.com...

>I need to run ftp through the Windows CMD window. That works fine except I

> need to change to PASV [passive] mode. How di I change to that setting?

>

> Thank you.

>

Guest Tim Slattery
Posted

Re: ftp in Windows command window

 

"~~Alan~~" <a.shepro@gmail.com> wrote:

>Control Panel

>Internet Options

>Advanced

>Use passive FTP (for firewall and DSL modem compatability)

 

Does that option affect the command-line FTP program or just Internet

Explorer?

 

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Tim Slattery

MS MVP(Shell/User)

Slattery_T@bls.gov

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

Guest David H. Lipman
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Re: ftp in Windows command window

 

From: "Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls.gov>

 

 

| Does that option affect the command-line FTP program or just Internet

| Explorer?

 

| --

| Tim Slattery

| MS MVP(Shell/User)

| Slattery_T@bls.gov

| http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

 

My understanding it is only for IE.

 

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Dave

http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html

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Guest David H. Lipman
Posted

Re: ftp in Windows command window

 

From: "Howard - JC Publishing" <HowardJCPublishing@discussions.microsoft.com>

 

| I need to run ftp through the Windows CMD window. That works fine except I

| need to change to PASV [passive] mode. How di I change to that setting?

 

| Thank you.

 

 

FTP PUT or FTP GET ?

 

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Dave

http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html

Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

Guest ~~Alan~~
Posted

Re: ftp in Windows command window

 

I had a problem a while back using both IE and CMD. This corrected my

problem but I do not remember if it corrected it in both places. What have

you got to loose??

 

~alan

 

 

"Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote in message

news:evrnd45b3eb6jd358btmjc66aha530mv8l@4ax.com...

> "~~Alan~~" <a.shepro@gmail.com> wrote:

>

>>Control Panel

>>Internet Options

>>Advanced

>>Use passive FTP (for firewall and DSL modem compatability)

>

> Does that option affect the command-line FTP program or just Internet

> Explorer?

>

> --

> Tim Slattery

> MS MVP(Shell/User)

> Slattery_T@bls.gov

> http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

Guest Tim Slattery
Posted

Re: ftp in Windows command window

 

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:

>From: "Howard - JC Publishing" <HowardJCPublishing@discussions.microsoft.com>

>

>| I need to run ftp through the Windows CMD window. That works fine except I

>| need to change to PASV [passive] mode. How di I change to that setting?

>

>| Thank you.

>

>

>FTP PUT or FTP GET ?

 

Shouldn't matter. If you're behind a NAT router neither command will

work in active mode. Neither will a directory listing, for that

matter.

 

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Tim Slattery

MS MVP(Shell/User)

Slattery_T@bls.gov

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

Guest Timothy Daniels
Posted

Re: ftp in Windows command window

 

"Tim Slattery" wrote:

> "David H. Lipman" wrote:

>

>> "Howard - JC Publishing" wrote:

>>

>>| I need to run ftp through the Windows CMD window.

>>| That works fine except I need to change to PASV

>>| [passive] mode. How di I change to that setting?

>>

>>

>>FTP PUT or FTP GET ?

>

> Shouldn't matter. If you're behind a NAT router neither

> command will work in active mode. Neither will a directory

> listing, for that matter.

 

 

I'd like to access a local web server (and to ftp files to it)

over the office LAN. But there will be a router in the way.

Can you recommend a way to get through it?

 

*TimDaniels*

Guest Tim Slattery
Posted

Re: ftp in Windows command window

 

"Timothy Daniels" <NoSpam@SpamMeNot.com> wrote:

>"Tim Slattery" wrote:

>> "David H. Lipman" wrote:

>>

>>> "Howard - JC Publishing" wrote:

>>>

>>>| I need to run ftp through the Windows CMD window.

>>>| That works fine except I need to change to PASV

>>>| [passive] mode. How di I change to that setting?

>>>

>>>

>>>FTP PUT or FTP GET ?

>>

>> Shouldn't matter. If you're behind a NAT router neither

>> command will work in active mode. Neither will a directory

>> listing, for that matter.

>

>

> I'd like to access a local web server (and to ftp files to it)

>over the office LAN. But there will be a router in the way.

>Can you recommend a way to get through it?

 

Well, there's always a router in the way, you can't get anyplace

without one.

 

If the router is doing NAT (Network Address Translation), then you

need to run your FTP client in passive mode. The built-in command-line

FTP client won't do that, but there are quite a few GUI clients that

will. CuteFTP and WS-FTP come to mind, there are many others.

 

If the router is not doing NAT, then your client can run in active

mode. Just about any client will do that.

 

--

Tim Slattery

MS MVP(Shell/User)

Slattery_T@bls.gov

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

Guest David H. Lipman
Posted

Re: ftp in Windows command window

 

From: "Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls.gov>

 

| "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:

>>From: "Howard - JC Publishing" <HowardJCPublishing@discussions.microsoft.com>

>>| I need to run ftp through the Windows CMD window. That works fine except I

>>| need to change to PASV [passive] mode. How di I change to that setting?

>>| Thank you.

 

>>FTP PUT or FTP GET ?

 

| Shouldn't matter. If you're behind a NAT router neither command will

| work in active mode. Neither will a directory listing, for that

| matter.

 

Sure, if we replace the MS FTP client...

 

Example:

 

wget --tries=2 --timeout=15 --passive-ftp ftp://ftp.site/file

 

 

--

Dave

http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html

Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

Guest ryanoasis
Posted

RE: ftp in Windows command window

 

 

 

"Howard - JC Publishing" wrote:

> I need to run ftp through the Windows CMD window. That works fine except I

> need to change to PASV [passive] mode. How di I change to that setting?

>

> Thank you.

>

 

after connected:

quote pasv

 

worked for me at least.

Posted

Re: ftp in Windows command window

 

ryanoasis wrote:

>

> "Howard - JC Publishing" wrote:

>

>> I need to run ftp through the Windows CMD window. That works fine except I

>> need to change to PASV [passive] mode. How di I change to that setting?

>>

>> Thank you.

>>

>

> after connected:

> quote pasv

>

> worked for me at least.

 

Dang you're right. At least it says "entering passive". I

personnally don't have the issue but have seen it screw up on some of my

servers. I guess this is an undocumented feature? I've always used

another sftp.exe and it is documented to support PASV as a command.

Thanks, one more little mystery of life solved. That only took 2

years.... :-)

Guest ryanoasis
Posted

Re: ftp in Windows command window

 

Yeah actually one of the ftp servers I use still won't allow me

to upload even after switching modes.

 

I am curious can you now upload, download , and view files?

 

I wanted to use windows ftp for batch purposes but I have found another ftp

server that doesn't force me to specify passive.

 

"Big_Al" wrote:

> ryanoasis wrote:

> >

> > "Howard - JC Publishing" wrote:

> >

> >> I need to run ftp through the Windows CMD window. That works fine except I

> >> need to change to PASV [passive] mode. How di I change to that setting?

> >>

> >> Thank you.

> >>

> >

> > after connected:

> > quote pasv

> >

> > worked for me at least.

>

> Dang you're right. At least it says "entering passive". I

> personnally don't have the issue but have seen it screw up on some of my

> servers. I guess this is an undocumented feature? I've always used

> another sftp.exe and it is documented to support PASV as a command.

> Thanks, one more little mystery of life solved. That only took 2

> years.... :-)

>

>

Posted

Re: ftp in Windows command window

 

ryanoasis wrote:

> Yeah actually one of the ftp servers I use still won't allow me

> to upload even after switching modes.

>

> I am curious can you now upload, download , and view files?

>

> I wanted to use windows ftp for batch purposes but I have found another ftp

> server that doesn't force me to specify passive.

>

> "Big_Al" wrote:

>

>> ryanoasis wrote:

>>> "Howard - JC Publishing" wrote:

>>>

>>>> I need to run ftp through the Windows CMD window. That works fine except I

>>>> need to change to PASV [passive] mode. How di I change to that setting?

>>>>

>>>> Thank you.

>>>>

>>> after connected:

>>> quote pasv

>>>

>>> worked for me at least.

>> Dang you're right. At least it says "entering passive". I

>> personnally don't have the issue but have seen it screw up on some of my

>> servers. I guess this is an undocumented feature? I've always used

>> another sftp.exe and it is documented to support PASV as a command.

>> Thanks, one more little mystery of life solved. That only took 2

>> years.... :-)

>>

>>

 

http://www.ipswitchft.com/products/moveit/client/freely/?k_id=moveit55freely&k_id=ipswitchft_com_moveit_documents_worldwide_moveit55release-moveitfreely

I don't have a server issue to test this with, I just know that over the

years I've run into the issue and we finally skirted around the issue

with the above program. I write a window database application and

routinely have to export data and ftp to sites. So all over the US I

find one now and then that has this issue. My scripts are simple and

seem to work regarless of ftp.exe or sftp.exe except we add the PASV

command.


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