Re: FTP authentification issue
On 7/15/05, Benjamin Sher <delphi123@zebra.net> wrote:
> Dear friends:
>
> I have run into an unusual and inexplicable FTP authentification issue.
> It's the first time I've ever had this problem in Linux, and I've been
> using the same Dell 8200 Dimension computer for five years (on both
> WinXP and different flavors of Linux).
>
> I've discussed this with my IP and my web host. They have advised me
> that it's working fine at their end and they have made sure to clear any
> firewall obstacles.
>
> My FTP works fine in Windows, but not in Debian. Or rather, let me say
> that it was working fine the first two days of install, but for the past
> three days has not.
>
> The situation is rather confusing. First, here is the output of ftp in
> the console. Clearly, it's working fine, showing the remote file system
> and uploading and downloading successfully:
>
>...
Sounds like a problem between clients trying active/passive ftp. Could
you verify whether the gui clients are trying to connect via active or
via passive ftp?
mvg,
Wim
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