[lug] VSFTP Doesn't connect for some people

[Bill Thoen]

I looked in /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf but didn't see anything about 
"passive" there.  Should I be looking somewhere else?

George Sexton wrote:

>Probably passive is defaulting to ON for one, and OFF for the other. 
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>George Sexton
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us 
>>[mailto:lug-bounces at lug.boulder.co.us] On Behalf Of Bill Thoen
>>Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 4:18 PM
>>To: Boulder Linux Users Group
>>Subject: [lug] VSFTP Doesn't connect for some people
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>>I recently had a system makeover (to Fedora Core 4) and now 
>>have my web 
>>and FTP server behind a firewall machine (also running FC4.)  
>>My VSFTP 
>>server has been working fine for most people. But I've 
>>noticed that one 
>>of my clients can't connect using the latest IE from an XP 
>>box (but she 
>>can get through with the default Windows FTP client that you can run 
>>from a command window), and several others around the world are 
>>reporting that "your FTP doesn't work" or "I get error 425." 
>>It all used 
>>to work, and it does still work for most people, but 
>>something needs a 
>>good tweaking.
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>>Does anyone have any recommendations as to what I should 
>>check? I'm not 
>>even sure what I should be looking for, but now I'm pretty sure the 
>>problem is on my end.
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>>- Bill Thoen
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