[tex-live] anon ftp access to TeX Live perforce

[Vladimir Volovich]

"SR" == Sebastian Rahtz writes:

 SR> Can people see if they can retrieve
 SR> ftp://sun.dante.de:6666/Master/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf please?

1) "normal" mode:
$ wget -S ftp://sun.dante.de:6666/Master/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
--03:15:04--  ftp://sun.dante.de:6666/Master/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
           => `texmf.cnf'
Resolving sun.dante.de... done.
Connecting to sun.dante.de[134.100.9.52]:6666... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ...
220 Perforce p4ftpd FTP Server ready
--> USER anonymous

331 Password required for user anonymous.
--> PASS Turtle Power!
230 User anonymous logged in.
--> SYST

215 UNIX L8
--> PWD

257 "/" is current directory
--> TYPE I

200 TYPE command OK.
--> CWD /Master/texmf/web2c

250 CWD command successful
--> PORT 62,76,223,138,157,30

200 PORT command OK.
--> RETR texmf.cnf

150 Opening BINARY mode data connection.
[connection hangs, or i get accept: interrupted system call]

2) passive mode
$ wget --passive-ftp -S ftp://sun.dante.de:6666/Master/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
--03:16:11--  ftp://sun.dante.de:6666/Master/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
           => `texmf.cnf'
Resolving sun.dante.de... done.
Connecting to sun.dante.de[134.100.9.52]:6666... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ...
220 Perforce p4ftpd FTP Server ready
--> USER anonymous

331 Password required for user anonymous.
--> PASS Turtle Power!
230 User anonymous logged in.
--> SYST

215 UNIX L8
--> PWD

257 "/" is current directory
--> TYPE I

200 TYPE command OK.
--> CWD /Master/texmf/web2c

250 CWD command successful
--> PASV

227 Entering Passive mode (134,100,9,52,212,66)
[connection hangs]

Best,
v.