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docs/ftp: state clearly that active mode is not supported

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@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ FTP is the File Transfer Protocol. Rclone FTP support is provided using the
[github.com/jlaffaye/ftp](https://godoc.org/github.com/jlaffaye/ftp)
package.
[Limitations of Rclone's FTP backend](#Limitations)
[Limitations of Rclone's FTP backend](#limitations)
Paths are specified as `remote:path`. If the path does not begin with
a `/` it is relative to the home directory of the user. An empty path
@ -266,7 +266,13 @@ See: the [encoding section in the overview](/overview/#encoding) for more info.
{{< rem autogenerated options stop >}}
### Limitations ###
### Limitations
FTP servers acting as rclone remotes must support `passive` mode.
The mode cannot be configured as `passive` is the only supported one.
Rclone's FTP implementation is not compatible with `active` mode
as [the library it uses doesn't support it](https://github.com/jlaffaye/ftp/issues/29).
This will likely never be supported due to security concerns.
Modified times are not supported. Times you see on the FTP server
through rclone are those of upload.
@ -295,10 +301,6 @@ at present.
The `ftp_proxy` environment variable is not currently supported.
FTP servers acting as rclone remotes must support 'passive'
mode. Rclone's FTP implementation is not compatible with 'active'
mode.
#### Restricted filename characters
In addition to the [default restricted characters set](/overview/#restricted-characters)