ftp help.....

[Ben Beeson]

Aloha all,

	I finally figured it out...  If seems that if you are using the MonMotha 
firewall, you need to use passive modes to get ftp to work.  I changed my 
script to use 'pftp' instead of 'ftp' to retrieve the updated files and 
it works OK now.  Hope this helps the rest of you ;-))

By for now,

Ben 


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 1/22/02, 11:02:33 PM, Ben Beeson <beesond001 at hawaii.rr.com> wrote 
regarding [luau] ftp help.....:


> Aloha all,

>       I need some help debugging a scripted ftp session designed to fetch
> updated virus signature files.  The script used to work, but now, not so
> well.... The errors returned are cryptic to me at least.  Here is the
> output of the script...



> [root at VALinux uvscan]# ./GetMcAfeeUpdates
> creating tmp directory /tmp/dat-updates
> Connected to ftp.nai.com.
> 220 sncwebftp2 Microsoft FTP Service (Version 5.0).
> 331 Anonymous access allowed, send identity (e-mail name) as password.
> 230-You are connected to ftp.nai.com.
> 230-Your use is subject to the terms and conditions in Legal.TXT
> 230-and Usage.TXT files
> 230-*Mirror sites at FTPEUR.NAI.COM and FTPDE.NAI.COM*
> 230 Anonymous user logged in.
> cd pub/antivirus/datfiles/4.x
> 250 CWD command successful.
> bin
> 200 Type set to I.
> prompt
> Interactive mode off.
> mget dat-*.tar
> Invalid PORT Command.
> ftp: bind: Address already in use
> close
> 221 Thanks for using ftp.nai.com!
> bye
> ./GetMcAfeeUpdates: [: *.ta: integer expression expected
> Current installed version of uvscan is: 4181
> Version on ftp server is: *.ta
> Getting files from ftp server
> tar: dat-*.tar: Cannot open: No such file or directory
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> tar: dat-*.tar: Cannot open: No such file or directory
> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> ./GetMcAfeeUpdates: [!4181: command not found
>  Done GetMcAfeeUpdates...
> [root at VALinux uvscan]#


> My .netrc file is here:

> [root at VALinux uvscan]# cat /root/.netrc
> machine ftp.nai.com
> login anonymous
> password beesond001 at hawaii.rr.com
> macdef init
> cd pub/antivirus/datfiles/4.x
> bin
> prompt
> mget dat-*.tar
> close
> bye

> [root at VALinux uvscan]#

> I have figured out that the likely source of the problem is generated by
> the mget command. However, the man page doesn't give me much help in
> figuring out what's the problem.  My question is what could cause the
> "Invalid PORT command" message and the "ftp: bind: Address already in
> use" error messages. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

> Thanks again,

> Ben

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