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diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index 72cff8229..fab00f3dd 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -292,6 +292,10 @@ traditional PORT command. Since curl 7.19.0, \fB--eprt\fP can be used to explicitly enable EPRT again and \fB--no-eprt\fP is an alias for \fB--disable-eprt\fP. + +Disabling EPRT only changes the active behavior. If you want to switch to +passive mode you need to not use \fI-P/--ftp-port\fP or force it with +\fI--ftp-pasv\fP. .IP "--disable-epsv" (FTP) Tell curl to disable the use of the EPSV command when doing passive FTP transfers. Curl will normally always first attempt to use EPSV before PASV, @@ -299,6 +303,9 @@ but with this option, it will not try using EPSV. Since curl 7.19.0, \fB--epsv\fP can be used to explicitly enable EPRT again and \fB--no-epsv\fP is an alias for \fB--disable-epsv\fP. + +Disabling EPSV only changes the passive behavior. If you want to switch to +active mode you need to use \fI-P/--ftp-port\fP. .IP "-D/--dump-header <file>" Write the protocol headers to the specified file. @@ -421,13 +428,16 @@ compliant than 'nocwd' but without the full penalty of 'multicwd'. .RE (Added in 7.15.1) .IP "--ftp-pasv" -(FTP) Use PASV when transferring. PASV is the internal default behavior, but -using this option can be used to override a previous --ftp-port option. (Added -in 7.11.0) +(FTP) Use passive mode for the data conection. Passive is the internal default +behavior, but using this option can be used to override a previous +\fI-P/-ftp-port\fP option. (Added in 7.11.0) If this option is used several times, the following occurrences make no -difference. Undoing an enforced PASV really isn't doable but you must then -instead enforce the correct EPRT again. +difference. Undoing an enforced passive really isn't doable but you must then +instead enforce the correct \fI-P/--ftp-port\fP again. + +Passive mode means that curl will try the EPSV command first and then PASV, +unless \fI--disable-epsv\fP is used. .IP "--ftp-alternative-to-user <command>" (FTP) If authenticating with the USER and PASS commands fails, send this command. When connecting to Tumbleweed's Secure Transport server over FTPS @@ -922,11 +932,11 @@ separate file. If this option is used several times, the last one will be used. .IP "-P/--ftp-port <address>" -(FTP) Reverses the initiator/listener roles when connecting with FTP. This -switch makes Curl use the PORT command instead of PASV. In practice, PORT -tells the server to connect to the client's specified address and port, while -PASV asks the server for an IP address and port to connect to. <address> -should be one of: +(FTP) Reverses the default initiator/listener roles when connecting with +FTP. This switch makes curl use active mode. In practice, curl then tells the +server to connect back to the client's specified address and port, while +passive mode asks the server to setup an IP address and port for it to connect +to. <address> should be one of: .RS .IP interface i.e "eth0" to specify which interface's IP address you want to use (Unix only) |