Try passive mode FTP in whatever FTP client you're using.
On Tuesday 04 December 2001 10:31 pm, you wrote:
Hi,
I just begin to learn Linux, so my question may be very stupid.
I just set up a Mandrake Linux 8.1 on my computer. I try to use FTP to
connect to my linux server, it has no
At 11:24 04.12.2001 +, you wrote:
hi neil,
this error indicates that your ftp client was not able to establish a data
connection to your home pc at target
port 20 (this is ftp-data).
so either u have a firewall at work that doesnt allow traffic from/to port
20 or - and this is more likely
your cuteftp client at work is uisng passive mode, i assume thatis because
work is behind a firwall that won' allow active ftp, toget passive mode to
work with proftpd you need to allow the ftp client to either: i) connect to
any random high port or ii) connect to a range of ports specified on
This is a complete guess, but try swappin to passive ftp...
its possible that your authentication is working fine on port21 but when
it
tries to switch to a high port, it is being blocked by a firewall (you do
have one don't you?)
easier to swap to passive...
like I said, thats just a guess,
as you probably already know, ftp uses two connections, data and control
connection. the control connection is the one you make when you connect to
the server. now, when you want to list the contents of a directory ( or
download a file ), you will receive the directory listing or the file
Martin Solms wrote:
On your Win95 system, are you listing the files in Dos mode or Unix style
(you can check this under the administration of the Personal Web server -
if you are running the pws).
That's my guess
Fabio wrote:
Hello to all,
I've made a simple home network between
