>and after looking at ip_ftp_pxy.c line 144+8, it looks like i just
>wanna remove that chunk (or something).  it'll probably fix my
>problem.  and i think that ftp clients that don't send the crlf are
>dumb (it *is* linux, after all), but clients that will actually "lose"
>after a "fix" like this actually *deserve* to lose.  it means that
>they're sending the bytes of the port command piece meal.

to follow up...this actually works.  so my fix is here:

---------8<---------8<---------8<---------8<---------8<---------
--- ip_ftp_pxy.c.orig	Mon Nov 23 07:15:09 1998
+++ ip_ftp_pxy.c	Thu Apr 15 03:47:32 1999
@@ -144,11 +144,11 @@
 	/*
 	 * check for CR-LF at the end.
 	 */
-	if (((*s == '\r') && (*(s + 1) == '\n')) ||
-	    ((*(s - 1) == '\r') && (*s == '\n')))
+	/* if (((*s == '\r') && (*(s + 1) == '\n')) ||
+	    ((*(s - 1) == '\r') && (*s == '\n'))) */
 		a6 = a5 & 0xff;
-	else
-		return 0;
+	/* else
+		return 0; */
 	a5 >>= 8;
 	/*
 	 * Calculate new address parts for PORT command
---------8<---------8<---------8<---------8<---------8<---------

and my rant stands.  :)

some people may not like it, but...well...

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