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# 1  
Old 01-25-2007
Wget FTP problem!
Hi,
I've tried to download from ftp sites by wget but it failed and says "Service unavailable" but when I use sftp in binary mode and use "get" command it works perfectly. What's the problem?

BTW: I tried both passive and active mode in wget.

thnx for ur help
# 2  
Old 01-25-2007
I could be wrong, but I hadn't known wget to be an sftp client.
# 3  
Old 01-25-2007
No!
I tried sftp for non-secure FTP, I also tried ftp command and I get same result.
# 4  
Old 01-25-2007
Please supply more information. Something to include would be the syntax you used with wget etc.
# 5  
Old 01-25-2007
OK man!

ftp login : pass @ somewhere
get test.zip

It works perfectly.
wget ftp://login : pass @ somewhere/test.zip
by putting passive_ftp = on/off (both). But it says Service unavailable or works very slowly.

Attention: I put spaces here to avoid showing smilies!
# 6  
Old 01-25-2007
Try wget's --debug flag, it may show more useful error messages.
# 7  
Old 01-26-2007
I got same or different error message, simply because plain ftp is not allowed in our networks. Can you please let us know also which version you are using :
Code:
wget --version
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