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@@ -182,6 +182,23 @@ must be taken, eg $ftp->login($firewall_user, $firewall_passwd) or die $ftp->message; $ftp->login($ext_user . '@' . $ext_host, $ext_passwd) or die $ftp->message. +=head2 My fto proxy firewall does not listen on port 21 + +FTP servers usually listen on the same port number, port 21, as any other +FTP server. But there is no reason why thi has to be the case. + +If you pass a port number to Net::FTP then it assumes this is the port +number of the final destination. By default Net::FTP will always try +to connect to the firewall on port 21. + +Net::FTP uses IO::Socket to open the connection and IO::Socket allows +the port number to be specified as part of the hostname. So this problem +can be resolved by either passing a Firewall option like C<"hostname:1234"> +or by setting the C<ftp_firewall> option in Net::Config to be a string +in in the same form. + + + =head2 I have seen scripts call a method message, but cannot find it documented ? Net::FTP, like several other packages in libnet, inherits from Net::Cmd, so |