FTP via Proxy server - syntax of command?

petes <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I want to connect to a ftp server - lets call it "B". The proxy
> servers name is "A". No login is needed on "A" but user and password
> is needed on "B".

Most half-way descent software (ie, not the 'ftp' command) ought to
respect the ftp_proxy environment variable. I know lynx does this, and
it can view FTP sites as well.

If for instance you're running a Squid-cache proxy, you could put these
lines in your login script.

export http_proxy='http://myproxy.domain:3128/'
export ftp_proxy='http://myproxy.domain:3128/'

And yes, that is http: for the ftp_proxy value, as between the proxy and
the client it uses HTTP, even though the connection the proxy will make
is FTP.

Then a lynx ftp://your.site/path will take you to the FTP site you want
(defaulting to anonymous access). lynx will also properly respect Proxy
authentication too.

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I want to connect to a ftp server - lets call it "B". The proxy
servers name is "A". No login is needed on "A" but user and password
is needed on "B".

I tried to read the man pages but did not succed in my effords to
connect to the ftp site...

Pls, is there someone who knows the syntax to connect to a ftp server
via a proxy?

Thanks for all replys... :-)

On 24 May 2004 01:12:00 -0700, petes <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I want to connect to a ftp server - lets call it "B". The proxy
> servers name is "A". No login is needed on "A" but user and password
> is needed on "B".
>
> I tried to read the man pages but did not succed in my effords to
> connect to the ftp site...

This is very application-specific. For instance, when you use ncftp you need to
edit ~/.ncftp/firewall. This file is automatically created the first time you
run ncftp and contains lots of documentation as comments.

For instance,
""" ( ~/.ncftp/firewall )
firewall-type=4
firewall-host=proxy.yourcompany.com
firewall-user=anonymous # Optional; type4 doesn't use auth
firewall-password=foobar # Optional; type4 doesn't use auth
firewall-port=8021
"""

Then connect to the FTP server using:

"""
$ ncftp -u username -p 'y0urp455w0rd' ftp.server.com
"""

Wkr,
Sven Vermeulen

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