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Re: port reuse problem with ftp
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Cox)
Sat Apr 27 09:03:11 1996
From: Alan Cox <alan@cymru.net>
To: rdm@tad.micro.umn.edu (Raul Miller)
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 12:27:55 +0100 (BST)
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu, Linus.Torvalds@vger.rutgers.edu,
linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <19960424193445.1846.qmail@tad.micro.umn.edu> from "Raul Miller" at Apr 24, 96 07:34:45 pm
> If I use /usr/bin/ftp with any frequency, I some file transfers start
> failing with status messages like:
>
> 425 Can't build data connection: Cannot assign requested address.
Unless you are using passive mode these are coming from the server. Solaris
2.3 (and I believe some OSF 1 variants) have had this problem at different
times.
> Anyways, ftp ought to work reliably. [And, personally, I dislike
> "security mechanisms" which make utility code less portable.]
Refer to ftp server vendor.
Alan
