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Fedora Core 3 and vsftpd

Hi,

i have set up the vsftpd service on the fedora core 3 giving anonymous user access rights

i can type >ftp localhost
give userid >anonymous
give pwd >

type >ls
and i get a directory listing

Problem:
on a winxp machine i am trying tp use wsftppro and i cannot get a listing( there should be a file shown.

here what i get in the event box at bottom of wsftppro

USER anonymous@192.168.2.2
331 Password required for anonymous@192.168.2.2
PASS ****
230 Login successful.
SYST
215 UNIX Type: L8
Host type (2): UNIX (standard)
FEAT
211-Features:
EPRT
EPSV
MDTM
PASV
REST STREAM
SIZE
TVFS
211 End
PWD
257 "/"
TYPE A
200 Switching to ASCII mode.
PASV
227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,0,1,12,254).
connecting data channel to 192.168.0.1:3326
data channel connected to 192.168.0.1:3326
LIST
425 Failed to establish connection.
PORT 192,168,0,50,7,178
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
LIST
150 Here comes the directory listing.
transferred 0 bytes in 65.531 seconds, 0.000 bps ( 0.000 Bps), transfer succeeded.
TYPE I
200 Switching to Binary mode.
PASV

Barthax

It sounds like vsftpd is configured to only bind to localhost and you have some other ftp daemon running on the lan device. Can you confirm that the vsftpd logs are showing the connections from the XP machine?

cossy74

ASKER

Barthax: THe log file vsftpd.log in the var/logs directory is blank(empty) am i looking in the wrong place?

Barthax

Again that depends on the configuration of vsftpd - the configuration may be set to no logging. From the man page, the default is not to log:

"log_ftp_protocol
When enabled, all FTP requests and responses are logged, providing the option xferlog_std_format is not enabled. Useful for debugging.

Default: NO "

http://vsftpd.beasts.org/vsftpd_conf.html

cossy74

ASKER

Barthax: Here is an extract from the vsftpsd.log file. I assume that the connection is ok.

Mon Feb 28 09:53:45 2005 [pid 3727] CONNECT: Client "192.168.1.2"
Sun Feb 27 22:53:45 2005 [pid 3727] FTP response: Client "192.168.1.2", "220 Welcome to Serck controls FTP Server"
Sun Feb 27 22:53:45 2005 [pid 3727] FTP command: Client "192.168.1.2", "USER anonymous"
Sun Feb 27 22:53:45 2005 [pid 3727] [anonymous] FTP response: Client "192.168.1.2", "331 Please specify the password."
Sun Feb 27 22:53:45 2005 [pid 3727] [anonymous] FTP command: Client "192.168.1.2", "PASS <password>"
Mon Feb 28 09:53:45 2005 [pid 3726] [ftp] OK LOGIN: Client "192.168.1.2", anon password "wsftp76@"
Mon Feb 28 09:53:45 2005 [pid 3728] [ftp] FTP response: Client "192.168.1.2", "230 Login successful."

Barthax

OK, I'm a little confused over which machine has which IP address, but I'm fairly certain that the log you're showing is only (from what I can see) showing the connection from the localhost. Get a terminal up on the linux box with "tail -f /var/log/vsftpsd.log" (presuming I've got the correct path) running. Now make a connection from localhost using a different terminal - you'll see the connection come through the log. Attempt the same from the XP machine - see if you get the connection in the log at all.

cossy74

ASKER

Barthax: Hi
when i rang the tali -f /var/log/vsftpd.log and using another terminal i got a client[127.0.0.1] blah blah messages comming through the terminal. WHen i went to the winxp client i got client[192.168.1.2] blah blah messages coming through the terminal. I therefore asssume i am getting the messages from the winxp machine.

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cossy74

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Barthax: I am giving the point to your. I have worked out the proxy sitting on our Windows Network is causing the problem.
Thanks

Barthax

Ah, yeah, that'll be problematic - if your client is redirecting the connection elsewhere first. :)