Hi All, Thanks for the input it has been a learning curve here is what I had to do to allow restricted external access... As I mentioned RedHat 9.0 therefore... vsftpd.conf is in /etc and not /etc/vsftpd.d/ directory. I am using /etc/xinetd.d/vstfpd as my tcp wrapper therefore hosts.allow and hosts.deny are not used?? instead I added the following line in /etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd only_from = "ip addr. to allow" I had to change the pam_service_name from ftp to vsftp. @#$@#$ I had installed bastille lockdown utility and I had to reconfigure the firewall rules to allow FTP (ports 20 and 21). All is fine. Regards Gavin Mellors -----Original Message----- From: shrike-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:shrike-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mike Vanecek Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 6:47 PM To: Discussion of Red Hat Linux 9 (Shrike) Subject: RE: Secure Writeable Restricted VSFTP Site On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:20:13 -0700, Michael St. Laurent wrote > Are you allowing external connections to the ftp ports in your > /etc/hosts.allow file? > > -- > Michael St. Laurent > Hartwell Corporation > > -----Original Message----- > From: shrike-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:shrike-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Gavin Mellors - BCX SS > Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 1:34 PM > To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Secure Writeable Restricted VSFTP Site > > Hi All > > I am trying to setup a secure ftp site using RH9.0, vsftpd and > xinetd. I can ftp in locally (local_enable=YES) but I cannot connect > to my site from an external address. Any external firewall or router port issues? Try running it as standalone and see it that makes a difference. I run mine as a standalone ... seems like I remember something along those lines, but do not remember? -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
