Re: Proftpd situations
I'm not sure if it is related, but I noticed that proftpd stopped
working for me about the same time as I installed a second NIC for my
DSL connection. I didn't really try to figure out the problem, but
installed the ftpd-0.11-8potato.1 package and ftp started working again.
Bob
On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 02:27:55PM -0700, mattyt@oz.net wrote:
> Howdy, all,
>
> There may be a simple answer to this, but it sure is baffling me.
>
> We just had a new DSL circuit installed here at work. Our ISDN is still active
> and that is what all the clients are currently still hooked up to. The Potato
> server I have set up is currently serving ftp services via the LAN. The ISDN
> router simply forwards all ftp packets to the server.
>
> There is a second NIC in the server which has been dormant waiting for the new
> DSL circuit. The DSL router is configured in bridging mode because the server
> will be the firewall/router via ipchains. (It will also be an IMAP server using
> IMP)
>
> Here is the oddity: I ifconfig'd the second NIC, connected it to the new router
> (bridge) and was able to download just fine. The problem is that the proftpd
> stopped accepting ftp connections. As soon as I did an ifdown on the second
> NIC, ftp connections work fine. ifup the second NIC, ftp connections stop
> working, just like that.
>
> Is proftpd concerned about who is local or something like that when I ifup the
> 2nd NIC? Incidentally, I don't want to just give out the new IP address for
> people to download from via ftp, I want all of our customers to use the
> ftp.*.com address. And I don't want to have our ISP update the DNS yet as I'm
> going out of town soon for 3 weeks and I want to change as little as possible
> until I get back.
--
Bob Nielsen, N7XY nielsen@oz.net
Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen
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