Thanks, I now have a better understanding about how the proxy
module handles ftp.
> also your configuration seems a bit weird. you are running apache on
> port 21
Yes, my configuration is pretty weird. I'm running Apache on
three ports, but clients use 9982 as their ftp proxy. The clients on the
LAN use the Apache ftp proxy as a forward proxy for connections to ftp
servers elsewhere. In other words, I need to forward all ftp requests.
So, now I'm wondering why the proxy_ftp module is having trouble
with this. Shouldn't it proxy active ftp?
-----Original Message-----
From: Emmanuel E [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 10:44 PM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Proxying active ftp
yes ftp cannot be proxied easily. once a control connection is
established (that is on port 21), information is exchanged as to which
ports will be used to transfer the data. the mod_proxy/mod_proxy_ftp
modules respond in http format to ftp requests. that is they process the
ftp request internally on their own using the ftp protocol but the
response is always http. so ftp will not work.
what is happening in your case is that your ftp clients are making a
http request for a ftp resource via a http proxy server. thats why it
works. i am not sure why your client tries to use a proxy when it is
asked to do active ftp.
also your configuration seems a bit weird. you are running apache on
port 21. running it on port 21 dosent make it an ftp server. i am
drawing these conclusions from the following line -
The proxy server could not handle the request GET
ftp://xxxx/products/xxxx/xxxxx/xxxx.exe
if i am guessing right you must be setting proxy to xxxx:9982 in your
ftp client. its a wonder that it works when u disable active ftp.
cheers,
emmanuel
Browne, Anthony A wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have a virtual host that needs to proxy ftp. The config for it
> is:
>
> <VirtualHost *:9982>
> ServerAdmin xxxx
> ServerName xxxx:9982
> LogFormat "%t %h %{Host}i \"%r\" %s %B" ftpcommon
> CustomLog logs/9982_access.log ftpcommon
> ProxyRequests On
> </VirtualHost>
>
> The problem is that when clients try active ftp connections, they get:
>
> The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.
> The proxy server could not handle the request GET
> ftp://xxxx/products/xxxx/xxxxx/xxxx.exe
>
> Reason: connect to xxxx:62715 failed - firewall/NAT?
>
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> Apache/2.0.54 (Win32) Server at xxxx Port 21
>
> I assume that its active ftp that's causing the problem because of the
> port numbers,
> but in any event I don't know what to do next. I've tried a bunch of
> things and none
> of them have worked. Anyone, have any suggestions?
>
>
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