>The problem is that I have looked into bsd.pkg.mk (the file that is
>included into Makefile when a package is to be installed) and saw there
>are some settings for passive use when a firewall is being used... but I
>have no clue where they are!!!
>
>This should be documented since proxy servers are rather common...
>
>Thanks for your help!


ftp -p starts the program in passive mode.

Steve Revilak
revilak@umbsky.cc.umb.edu