Open Passive FTP (Socket) connection using Python

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I am trying to connect to an FTP server in Passive mode from Python (through Socket)

i am doing it this way:

mftp = socket (AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM)
mftp.connect((serverHost, 21))
print mftp.recv(1024)
print mftp.close()

but this command (.connect) i believe opens an active connection to the server. How can i open a passive connection. Please help, and also while responding, also consider i am very new to Python ... :)

Regards, M.Ali

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1 Answers

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Not answering your question... but did you know Python has an FTP module as part of its standard library? It might be suitable for your needs, and could save you a lot of time.