On 2 October 2010 23:58, Aaron Gray <aaronngray.li...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2 October 2010 23:56, stan <gr...@q.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 2 Oct 2010 23:37:40 +0100
>> Aaron Gray <aaronngray.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I have installed a fresh version of F11, unfortunately I did not
>> > install VSFTPD with it.
>> >
>> > On doing a "yum install vsftpd" it install fine but does not seem to
>> > function.
>> >
>> > [r...@zzz vsftpd]# ftp localhost
>> > Trying ::1...
>> > ftp: connect to address ::1Connection refused
>> > Trying 127.0.0.1...
>> > Connected to localhost (127.0.0.1).
>> > 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection
>> > ftp> quit
>> >
>> > I copied the 'vsftpd.conf' and 'users' directory from my working F11
>> > server this one is supposed to be mirroring, but am getting exactly
>> > the same responce.
>>
>> This is probably a problem with the firewall.  Did you open ports 20
>> and 21?
>>
>> And if you are using passive ftp you should open some ports in the high
>> range, so there is a hole in the firewall for vsftpd to use.  You have
>> to tell vsftpd to use those ports in the configuration.  I also had to
>> open the service on my router, but that might not be an issue for you.
>>
>> If I recall correctly, there is a logging function that can be turned
>> on and it is really useful for decoding where the problem is and what
>> it is too.
>>
>> It's been a few years since I used vsftpd, so this is somewhat hazy.
>>
>
> My other F11 server is working fine, and that does not have any extras.
>
>
Its not iptables, thats exactly the same across the two machines.

Aaron
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