[TriLUG] Curious VSFTP issue

[Dave Sorenson]

Yeap, and I can connect to other FTP servers from both client computers 
with no problems..

Dave

Barry Gaskins wrote:
>    Dave,
>
>    When you said you tried turning off the firewall do you mean on the ftp
> server AND on the machine running the ftp client.  If the client machine is
> a windows XP box it may also have a firewall that could block the server
> talking back to the client.
>
>    - Barry Gaskins
>
> On 12/7/05, Brian Daniels <bitmage at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>   
>>> 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?
>>>>
>>>>         
>> Sounds like passive FTP not getting through the firewall.  Try doing a
>> 'modprobe
>> ip_conntrack_ftp' on the server, or seeing if you can force your client to
>> use
>> active mode only.
>>
>> --Brian
>>
>>
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