From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 16:32:49 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Default to passive mode.  See SF bug #126851.
X-Git-Tag: v2.1a1~267
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e6ccf3ab966c37f25c3c0e4da58c3b0bc7c5a1f6;p=python

Default to passive mode.  See SF bug #126851.

This is slightly controversial, but after reading the argumentation in
the bug tracker for and against, I believe this is the right solution.
Let me know if it breaks for you, and how.
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diff --git a/Lib/ftplib.py b/Lib/ftplib.py
index 5d0e260619..ebb4d15993 100644
--- a/Lib/ftplib.py
+++ b/Lib/ftplib.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class FTP:
         - port: port to connect to (integer, default previous port)'''
         if host: self.host = host
         if port: self.port = port
-        self.passiveserver = 0
+        self.passiveserver = 1
         self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
         self.sock.connect((self.host, self.port))
         self.file = self.sock.makefile('rb')