[TriLUG] Curious VSFTP issue

[Dave Sorenson]

I decided to enable FTP access on my CentOS4 server for a friend of mine 
to use for a short time and we are having a curious problem that Google 
can't seem to help with. VSFTP is running, and will connect, but after 
you enter your username and password it never is able to return the home 
directory listing. I've tried both passive and active modes with 
multiple FTP clients, scoured the vsftpd.conf, firewall is open on 20 
and 21 (I even tried disabling the firewall briefly to make sure that 
was not the problem) but no luck. anyone ever see this before?

I usually ftp via scp. I was hoping to let my friend use their existing 
WSFTP client as they fear change and I don't have extra time to handhold.

TIA

Dave