[sllug-members]: vsftpd problems - Solved

[Jeremy Bowen]

Just try typing in "passive"... on the command line this will toggle 
between passive and active transfers.

See if that helps.

Rusty Keele wrote:
>
> */Kevin Pendleton <kevin at roundsphere.com>/* wrote:
>
>     Lamont Peterson said:
>     > Option 2 will work very nicely and keeps the firewall and DNAT
>     configurations
>     > simple, too. However, most FTP server implementations do not
>     support such a
>     > feature. Last I checked (admitidly, it was more than a year
>     ago), vsftpd
>     > doesn't
>     This is actually very easy with vsftpd. Just decide what "random"
>     ports
>     you want to use and specify it in vsftpd.conf and with your firewall:
>
>     vsftpd.conf:
>
>     pasv_min_port=36768
>     pasv_max_port=36800
>
>     iptables:
>
>     # Allow Passive FTP Ports
>     iptables -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport
>     36768:36800
>     -j ACCEPT
>
>     Good luck!
>
>     Kevin Pendleton
>     http://utahsysadmin.com/
>
>
>
> All,
>
>     Thanks for the help in learning about and solving this problem.  I 
> ended up doing what Kevin and Lamont (in option # 2) suggested.  I 
> edited vsftpd.conf by adding lines telling it which port numbers to 
> use, then I used Yast to open up those specific port numbers in the 
> firewall.  It works beautifully now - and my boss is happy - which is 
> nice too!
>
> -Rusty
>
>
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