fedora-list Digest, Vol 23, Issue 237

[Bruce Elliott]

> Subject:
> Re: can't use ftp on FC4
> From:
> Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists at uni-x.org>
> Date:
> Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:28:43 +0100
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>Am So, den 22.01.2006 schrieb Bruce Elliott um 23:14:
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>>I'm attempting to use ftp for the first time on my FC4 installation, and 
>>it isn't working.  I log in okay and can do things like change 
>>directories, but if I do anything that should result in data being sent 
>>(ls, put, get), it reports that it's entering passive mode and then 
>>waits ... and waits, until it times out.
>>    
>>
>>Bruce E.
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>>
>
>`modprobe ip_conntrack_ftp' will solve your problem.
>
>To have that module loaded automatically, add it to IPTABLES_MODULES in
>/etc/sysconfig/iptables-config.
>
>Alexander
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I tried that command, but it turns out that the server I'm trying to 
connect with does not allow passive ftp. 

I believe that now what I need to know is how to configure my firewall 
to allow active ftp connections with this server.

Any help on this topic?

thanks,
Bruce