Michael Sullivan wrote: >I have a user who can't upload files to his account on my server. He >can connect and log in, he can see the files and directories in his home >directory, but he can't interact with them. I can log into my personal >account via the external IP of my router and interact with my personal >account just fine, so I'm not sure why he can't use his. Here's the >information I've been able to gather: > >He is using FireFTP as his client on Windows XP. > >He can log into the FTP server, his home directory loads, but he can't >move from his home directory to any of the subdirectories under his home >directory. > >Here is the log output from his most recent attempt, taken >from /var/log/vsftpd.log: > >Fri Aug 19 21:10:08 2005 [pid 23592] CONNECT: Client "68.226.26.135" >Fri Aug 19 21:10:09 2005 [pid 23591] [acsacsx] OK LOGIN: Client >"68.226.26.135" >Fri Aug 19 21:10:51 2005 [pid 23595] CONNECT: Client "68.226.26.135" >Fri Aug 19 21:10:51 2005 [pid 23594] [acsacsx] OK LOGIN: Client >"68.226.26.135" >Fri Aug 19 21:11:32 2005 [pid 23609] CONNECT: Client "68.226.26.135" >Fri Aug 19 21:11:32 2005 [pid 23608] [acsacsx] OK LOGIN: Client >"68.226.26.135" >Fri Aug 19 21:12:12 2005 [pid 23614] CONNECT: Client "68.226.26.135" >Fri Aug 19 21:12:12 2005 [pid 23613] [acsacsx] OK LOGIN: Client >"68.226.26.135" >Fri Aug 19 21:12:53 2005 [pid 23617] CONNECT: Client "68.226.26.135" >Fri Aug 19 21:12:53 2005 [pid 23616] [acsacsx] OK LOGIN: Client >"68.226.26.135" > > >I have no idea even how to start solving this problem. I don't have >access to a computer outside my network with Internet access, so I've >only been able to try connecting to the same address he does, except >from inside the network. Can anyone help me out here? >-Michael Sullivan- > > > > > Hi, Not a solution just some suggestions: 1.open port 20 (tcp,udp) on your firewall, beside opening port 21. FTP uses two port (control & data) both defaults to 20-data, control-21 (assuming an active-ftp session); 2.Try using the ftp-client in passive mode. 3.Check permissions on dirs. HTH. Rumen
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