I've solved the problem below by adding "passive_ftp = on" to ~/.wgetrc (although it's taken me a frustratingly long time to find that info on google!) Might be one for the unofficial FAQ? It seems that when you use SuSE's personal firewall, yast forgets to set wget to passive mode... On Thursday 07 February 2002 11:19, Daniel Rees wrote:
On Thursday 07 February 2002 11:04, allabos wrote:
What happens if you use the --mirror option of wget?
The same: dwr@linux:~ > wget ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/update/7.2/kernel/2.4.1 6/k_deflt-2.4.16-22.i386.rpm --mirror --11:16:16-- ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/update/7.2/kernel/2.4.1 6/k_deflt-2.4.16-22.i386.rpm => `ftp.gwdg.de/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/update/7.2/kernel/2.4.16/.li sting' Connecting to ftp.gwdg.de:21... connected! Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in! ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/update/7.2/kernel/2.4.16 ... done. ==> PORT ... done. ==> LIST ... Error in server response, closing control connection. Retrying.
I can "get" fine using "ftp" - strange...
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