[TriLUG] Curious VSFTP issue

[Barry Gaskins]

   Dave,

   Have you tried accessing the ftp server from a command line.  You might
get a meaningful error message  that way.  It is a bit hard to say what the
problem is without at least an error message.

   - Barry

On 12/7/05, Dave Sorenson <dave at logicalgeek.com> wrote:
>
> 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
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