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Re: FTP stopped working

Subject: Re: FTP stopped working
From: Dr. David Gilbert (gilbertd@treblig.org)
Date: Mon Dec 18 05:48:37 2000


On Sun, 17 Dec 2000, Arkadiy Chapkis - Arc wrote:

> Hello everyone!
>
> Somehow the FTP server not working properly after I upgraded to RH7.0 on my
> AS200 4/233. It does let a user (any user defined in /etc/passwd) login, but
> then it says:
>
> ftp> ls
> 200 PORT command successful.
> 425 Can't build data connection: Connection refused.
> ftp>

Yeh - for reasons shrowded in mystery (and something about security)
RH7.'s ftp now uses a thing caleld 'passive mode' which most firewally
type of things don't seem to like.

Immediatly after logging onto the site type

pass off

and then do what you need to do.

Dave

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