cannot download any packages for 5.3

[John McAree]

Hi,

Werner Lehmann wrote:
> Hi,

<snip>

> When I try to access the location
> 
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/
> 
> through mozilla, I always get the message: "553:Permission denied",

I was getting the same errors last night when trying to download 
5.3-RELEASE packages. I tried a mirror and it was fine. Try using the 
ftp.mirrorservice.org mirror, or a different one.

John.