Net::FTP, config questions

phathead22 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

OK-I've stumbled through finding and installing the Net::ftp module from Active State. It seems that the installations never go as intended...
Here's the deal: how do I get Net::config to either run and auto-config, or should I manually manipulate this file with server/proxy info?
Thanks!
PH

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Re: Net::FTP, config questions by c-era (Curate) on Jan 19, 2001 at 00:11 UTC
Under ppm type 'remove libnet'. Next check under your <perl dir>\site\lib\Net\ and remove config.pm (if it is still there). Finally run ppm again and type 'install libnet'. That should fix your problem. If it doesn't you may have an old version of perl, or it wasn't installed correctly.	[reply]
Re: Net::FTP, config questions by InfiniteSilence (Curate) on Jan 18, 2001 at 23:22 UTC
I'm confused about this. I have the ActiveState port (5.6) running on 2000 and NT 4.0 and Net::FTP works fine. There is no Net::config module in the standard distribution. What version are you using? Celebrate Intellectual Diversity	[reply]
Re: Re: Net::FTP, config questions by phathead22 (Novice) on Jan 18, 2001 at 23:49 UTC
This is part of Libnet-1.0703, downloaded from Active State. When I run net::ftp, it prompts me for firewall/proxy info, contained in net::config. I'm tempted to bypass the net::ftp module and extract needed code... Thanks! PH	[reply]
Re: Net::FTP, config questions by Fastolfe (Vicar) on Jan 19, 2001 at 05:07 UTC
If you understand it, I wouldn't have any qualms about going into it and making your necessary configuration changes. I did this myself, as I could find little in the way of actual documentation or automatic configuration abilities to set up an authenticated proxy server. It was a rather painful process, and I ended up doing just what you're thinking of doing without a problem.	[reply]