Re: vsftpd and firewall - problems

["Andre Venter" <andrev@ohwell.co.za>]

Set the port range on the ftp server and allow connections through the 
firewall


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Aurélien Campéas
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: vsftpd and firewall - problems


Le mardi 28 juin 2005 ? 10:04 -0400, Mariusz a ?crit :
> HI.
> I have some problems with a vsftpd and firewall.
>
> I have a router from verizon where I set a rule for forwarding to the ftp 
> port
> to the server. This was working fine.
> When I setup a firewall on the server then I lost a passive mode of the 
> ftp.
> and I can't find right configuration. Ftom local network i can connect
> without problems but from outside I have problem.
>
> I can login, do pwd, cd .. , but I can't do ls:
>
> vsftpd.conf :kajko@shop-5:~$ ftp mar.dyndns.info
> Connected to mar.dyndns.info.
> 220 Welcome to blah FTP service.
> Name (mar.dyndns.info:kajko):
> 331 Please specify the password.
> Password:
> 230 Login successful.
> Remote system type is UNIX.
> Using binary mode to transfer files.
> ftp> pwd
> 257 "/home/kajko"
> ftp> cd ..
> 250 Directory successfully changed.
> ftp> pwd
> 257 "/home"
> ftp> ls
> 200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
> 150 Here comes the directory listing.
>
> ***** now it froze *****

This is maybe stupid, but is the ftp client not supposed to also request
the passive mode ?




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