On Sat, 17 Oct 1998 08:01:12 -0400, Steve Revilak wrote:
> >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!!!
> 
> ftp -p starts the program in passive mode.

Or you can do

echo passive >>~/.netrc
chmod 600 ~/.netrc

to make ftp start up in passive mode.

Ken