Thanks but it is loaded from what I can tell. Below is the iptables stuff of an lsmod Module Size Used by Not tainted ip_conntrack_ftp 5296 0 (unused) ip_conntrack 26976 1 [ip_conntrack_ftp] iptable_filter 2412 1 (autoclean) ip_tables 15096 1 [iptable_filter] -----Original Message----- From: Jamie Pratt [mailto:jamie@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 11:31 AM To: Landon Chelf Subject: Re: Broken ftp through iptables hi - do you have the ip_conntrack_ftp module loaded on the server? (lsmod command will show you all the modules that are currently loaded).. - if not, try putting 'insmod ip_conntrack_ftp' in your script.. (near the top obviously ;-) jamie Landon Chelf wrote: > Hello, > > I've ran into a recent problem both on rh8 and rh9 using iptables. > I've setup my firewall to drop everything incomming and forward and am > only allowing certain ports to be open. I've opened ftp (port 21 tcp) > and I can connect via FTP from one machine and authenticate, but when > I issue my first command like "ls" for instance the connection locks > up and won't do anything. Is there a way to fix this? > > Landon > > > >