[Gllug] Problem with VSFTP

[Hakuna Matata]

Thanks again :)

i tried to use PASV as command but it does not return any staus.
the command was "quote PASV".

do i need to put some rule on my cisco pix firewall.



Best Regards
Na render



On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Joel Bernstein <joel at fysh.org> wrote:
> 2008/12/9 Hakuna Matata <narender.hooda at gmail.com>:
>> Thanks a million Joel for the quick response....
>>
>> You may need to use passive mode, as it suggests.====> i tried giving
>> the option "pasv_enable=yes" in vsftpd.conf file.
>>
>> but no luck.....do i need to compile the vsftp. rite now i am using rpm.
>
> Um. I mean you need to use PASV as a client command. Do you understand
> how active mode ftp vs passive mode ftp works?
>
> Essentially FTP uses two ports - a control connection and a data
> connection. Classically your client makes the control connection and
> the server makes the data connection back to you. In the case where
> your client is firewalled that generally doesn't work, though, so
> passive mode exists as a way for the client to initiate the ftp-data
> connection and to inform the server of the port.
>
> /joel
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