How to use passive FTP mode in Windows command prompt

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In Ubuntu ftp -p for passive mode works fine    How do I do the same in Windows    I tried with quote pasv but I am getting following error   230 OK  Current restricted directory is   ftp gt  quote pasv  227 Entering Passive Mode  31 170 167 221 116 239      ftp gt  cd os     250 OK  Current directory is  os     ftp gt  dir     500 I won t open a connection to 10 23 16 248  only to 113 193 128 177      425 No data connection     ftp gt    My firewall is disabled

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CURL client supports FTP protocol and works for passive mode. Get Download WITHOUT SSL version and you don't need any openssl.dll libraries. Just one curl.exe command line application.
http://www.paehl.com/open_source/?CURL_7.35.0

curl.exe -T c:\test\myfile.dat ftp://ftp.server.com/some/folder/myfile.dat --user myuser:mypwd

Another one is Putty psftp.exe but server key verification prompt requires a trick. This command line inputs NO for prompt meaning key is not stored in registry just this time being used. You need an external script file but sometimes its good if you copy multiple files up and down.
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

echo n | psftp.exe ftp.server.com -l myuser -pw mypwd -b script.txt

script.txt (any ftp command may be typed)

put "C:\test\myfile.dat" "/some/folder/myfile.dat"
quit

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Although this doesnt answer the question directly about command line  but from Windows OS  use the Windows Explorer ftp   username server  this will use Passive Mode by default  For command line  active mode is the default

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This is a common problem    when we start the ftp connection only the external ip opens the port for pasv connection  but the ip behind the NAT doesn t open the connection so passive connection fails with PASV command  we need to specify that while opening the connection so open connection with   ftp -p  host

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The quote PASV command is not a command to the ftp exe program  it is a command to the FTP server requesting a high order port for data transfer   A passive transfer is one in which the FTP data over these high order ports while control is maintained in the lower ports   The windows ftp exe program can be used to send the FTP server commands to make a passive data transfer between two FTP servers   A standard windows installation will not  and probably should not  have FTP server service running as an endpoint for passive transfers   So if passive transfers are needed with a standard windows box  a solution other than ftp exe is necessary as FTPing to localhost as one of the connections won t work in most windows environments    You can effect a passive FTP transfer between two different hosts  but not two connections on the same host  as follows   Open up two prompts  use one to ftp exe connect to your source FTP server and one to ftp exe connect to your destination FTP server     Now establish a passive connection between the servers using the raw commands PASV and PORT    The quote PASV command will respond with an IP port in ellipsis    Use that data for the quote PORT  lt data gt  command   Your passive link is now established assuming that firewalls haven t blocked one or more of the four ports  2 for FTP control  2 for FTP data   Next start receive of data with the quote STOR  lt filename gt  command to the receiving FTP server then send the control command quote RETR  lt filename gt  to the source FTP server   so for me   client 1  gt  ftp exe server1 ftp gt  quote PASV 227 Entering Passive Mode  10 0 3 1 54 161   client 2   gt  ftp exe server2 ftp gt  quote PORT 10 0 3 1 54 54 161 ftp gt  quote STOR myFile  client 1 ftp gt  quote RETR myFile   Cavet   I m connecting to some old FTP servers YMMV

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Windows does not actually support passive mode   You can send the command to the server in three different ways but that will not enable passive mode on the Windows client end    Those arguments are for sending various commands and pasv is not something that Microsoft thought of when they wrote it   You will have to find a 3rd party software like WinSCP that supports command line usage and use that instead of the Windows native one

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FileZilla Works well   I Use FileZilla FTP Client  Manual Transfer  which supports Passive mode   Example  Open FileZilla and Select  Transfer      Manual Transfer  then within the Manual Transfer Window  perform the following    Confirm proper Download   Upload option is selected For Remote  Enter name of directory where the file to download is located For Remote  Enter the name of the file to be downloaded For Local  Browse to desired directory you want to download file to For Local  Enter a file name to save downloaded file As  use same file name as file to be downloaded unless you want to change it  Check-Box  Start transfer immediately  and Click  OK  Download should start momentarily Note  If you forgot to Check-Box  Start transfer immediately     No Problem  just Right-Click on the file to be downloaded  within the Process Queue  file transfer queue  at the bottom of the FileZilla window pane and Select  Process Queue  Download process should begin momentarily Done

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According to this Egnyte article  Passive FTP is supported from Windows 8 1 onwards   The Registry key       HKEY CURRENT USER Software Microsoft FTP Use PASV    should be set with the value  yes  If you don t like poking around in the Registry  do the following    Press WinKey R to open the Run dialog  Type inetcpl cpl and press Enter   The Internet Options dialog will open  Click on the Advanced tab  Make your way down to the Browsing secction of the tree view  and ensure the Use Passive FTP item is set to on  Click on the OK button    Every time you use ftp exe  remember to pass the     quote pasv   command immediately after logging in to a remote host   PS  Grant ftp exe access to private networks if your Firewall complains

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If you are using Windows 10  install Windows Subsystem for Linux  WSL and Ubuntu     ftp 192 168 1 39 Connected to 192 168 1 39               230 Logged in successfully Remote system type is MSDOS  ftp gt  passive Passive mode on  ftp gt  passive Passive mode off  ftp gt

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The Windows FTP command-line client  ftp exe  does not support the passive mode  on any version of Windows  It makes it pretty useless nowadays due to ubiquitous firewalls and NATs  Using the quote pasv won t help  It switches only the server to the passive mode  but not the client   Use any thirdparty Windows FTP command-line client instead  Most other support the passive mode  For example WinSCP defaults to the passive mode and there s a guide available for converting Windows FTP script to WinSCP script  If you are starting from the scratch  see the guide to automating file transfers to FTP using WinSCP  Also  WinSCP GUI can generate a script template for you   I m the author of WinSCP

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For passive mode you need to use command  literal  ftp literal PASV

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