Can't connect ftp server with passive mode on

Barry Yu barryyupuilee at sbcglobal.net
Fri Jul 2 01:26:01 UTC 2004


Alexander Dalloz wrote:

>Am Do, den 01.07.2004 schrieb Barry Yu um 23:47:
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>>My ftp server is vsftp and it is behide a router, remote clients need to 
>>turn off the passive mode then can work with it. What settings/config do 
>>I need to do in order to enable remote clients to download from it with 
>>passive mode on?
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>As you can see from the following explanations and schematic images
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>http://slacksite.com/other/ftp.html
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>it is not that easy to configure passive FTP with a NATed FTP server. Do
>you have at least loaded ip_conntrack_ftp and ip_nat_ftp?
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>Alexander
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No, I  had not loaded neither of those, and since you said this is not 
easy, I think I have further dig into this ftp thing  by taking more 
time, thanks for the info and your help as always - for me to understand 
ftp further.





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