On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 08:24:46PM -0500, Bruce Elliott wrote: > > >Subject: > >Re: can't use ftp on FC4 > >From: > >Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists@xxxxxxxxx> > >Date: > >Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:28:43 +0100 > >To: > >For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > >To: > >For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > >Am So, den 22.01.2006 schrieb Bruce Elliott um 23:14: > > > > > > > >>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. > >> > >> > > > >`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 > > > > > 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? This is not an answer to your question but I think you should abandon ftp for sftp, so your question should be: how to configure my firewall to allow active sftp connections with this server. ======================================================================= HOW YOU CAN TELL THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A ROTTEN DAY: #1040 Your income tax refund cheque bounces. ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484
