Am Sa, den 13.03.2004 schrieb Michael Lavallee um 01:30: > I'm encounting a curious issue with vsftpd. If a user connects using > Internet Explorer under Windows, they can see the directories and > download files. Mozilla can publish web sites with out a problem. But, > if I connect using the command-line ftp client from Windows or Linux, or > even with gFTP, it just hangs when I try and list (ls) the directories. > > But this happens only remotely. I tried it from a few Windows machines, > as well as from another Linux box, outside of my network (over > Internet). When I'm inside my network, it works fine. > > I have a firewall setup, but port 21 is open. Any ideas? > > Michael. Nothing curious - you run into the topic active versus passive ftp mode. Dependent on what you set within your firewall you need to force passive mode for your ftp clients. Explanation and illustration on this topic is to be found on: http://slacksite.com/other/ftp.html Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 Fedora GNU/Linux Core 1 (Yarrow) on Athlon CPU kernel 2.4.22-1.2174.nptl Sirendipity 02:10:48 up 4 days, 2:30, load average: 0.08, 0.13, 0.08 [ ÎÎÏÎÎ Ï'ÎÏÏÎÎ - gnothi seauton ] my life is a planetarium - and you are the stars
