On Sat, 2005-04-02 at 10:23, Justin Zygmont wrote: > I have just run into a new problem with setting up an FTP server. All I > am trying to do is allow FTP access to the server from the outside. When > I try to login, and type ls, it reports: > > ftp: connect: no route to host > > I know the problem is because a nonexistent iptables rule, i'm just at a > loss as to what the missing rules should look like. The only thing > that is different in this case is that I need to use port 221 for FTP > instead of 21, and I don't see why this should require special routing. > ftp_conntrack modules are loaded. This is the relevant part of my current > firewall script. > > :INPUT ACCEPT [0:0] > :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] > :OUTPUT ACCEPT [24:1341] > -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT > -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT > -A INPUT -i eth1 -j ACCEPT > -A INPUT -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type any -j ACCEPT > -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 221 -j ACCEPT > -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT > -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 23 -j ACCEPT > -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 25 -j ACCEPT > -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 8080 -j ACCEPT > -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT > -A INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited > :OUTPUT ACCEPT [1:72] > -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE Why are you using port 221? FTP uses 21 for both active and passive FTP. Rob