On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 04:18:43PM -0800, Brenden T. wrote:
> Hi all, I have a tough problem that hopefully has a not so tough
> solution. I'm trying to setup a simple ftp server on Red Hat 7.2 and I
> can't get beyond "connection" refused when trying to connect externally.
> I've read every FAQ and online guide I can and I can't figure out why.
For starters, connect to your ftp service on localhost and see what it
says.
You should have 2 ports enabled for ftp traffic - both 20 and 21 need to
make it through your firewall although the connection only listens on
port 21.
After you connect from the outside, what do /var/log/messsages and
/var/log/secure say? Whenever wu-ftpd gets grumpy, it usually outputs a
reason why.
> The big clue I think is that netstat -a says that ftp is not being
> listened on. /etc/services looks ok to me (ftp is on port 21 for both
> UDP and TCP), I added the ftp service in /etc/xinet.d/ftp and restarted
> xinetd, so I'm not sure what could be inhibiting ftpd. Here's my config
> from /etc/xinet.d/ftp:
> service ftp {
> disable = no
> socket_type = stream
> wait = no
> nice = 10
> user = root
> server = /usr/sbin/in.ftpd
> server_args = -l
> instances = 4
> log_on_sucess += DURATION HOST USERID
> }
Again, check /var/log/messages when you restart xinetd. If it's done
right, you should be listening on that port.
> I modified /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny too.
This isn't going to do you any good if you're not listening on port 21.
Get that fixed first.
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