Bug 20296

Description of problem:
Man page and software are incoherent

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
ftp --version
ftp (Heimdal 1.5.3)

How reproducible:
See below

Steps to Reproduce:
1.start ftp
2.type "passive"

This command toggles the current state and shows the new state.
It displays here : "Passive mode on.", which means that is was set to "active" at startup.

The man page reads : "-p    Use passive mode for data transfers. (...) This is the default now for all clients (ftp and pftp) due to security concerns using the PORT transfer mode. The flag is kept for compatibility only and has no effect anymore."

So the default mode at startup should be "passive".

Notes :
1. the source code (appl/ftp/ftp/main.c, line 105) does indeed set passivemode to 0 (inactive)
2. the man page provided in the source tree (appl/ftp/ftp/ftp.cat1) is different from the one packaged in the RPM. It does mention that the default setting is "active".

In conclusion, the man page included in the RPM is not compatible with the ftp tool it is shipped with.