Hey everyone I had the vsftpd working on my cable modem and then we
transfered it to the office which is behind a Netopia 3000 router.
Now we get a connection timeout when we try and use the ftp from the
outside. Has anyone had this problem? I have the port forwarding
setup for UDP and TCP on ports 21 and 20. Is there anything more I
need to do? I also have apache going and port 80 open and it works
perfectly. Any help would be appreciated.

Greg

On Mar 4, 11:56*pm, Greg <shir...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey everyone I had the vsftpd working on my cable modem and then we
> transfered it to the office which is behind a Netopia 3000 router.
> Now we get a connection timeout when we try and use the ftp from the
> outside. *Has anyone had this problem? *I have the port forwarding
> setup for UDP and TCP on ports 21 and 20. *Is there anything more I
> need to do? *I also have apache going and port 80 open and it works
> perfectly. *Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Greg

Alright so if I do anonymious login it works just fine but if I try to
do local users it times out. Any ideas on anyone's part would be
fantastic.

On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:56:47 -0800, Greg rearranged some electrons to say:

> Hey everyone I had the vsftpd working on my cable modem and then we
> transfered it to the office which is behind a Netopia 3000 router. Now
> we get a connection timeout when we try and use the ftp from the
> outside. Has anyone had this problem? I have the port forwarding setup
> for UDP and TCP on ports 21 and 20. Is there anything more I need to
> do? I also have apache going and port 80 open and it works perfectly.
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Greg

If you're using passive mode, you also have to forward whatever ports you
have vsftpd using for that.

See:
http://vsftpd.beasts.org/vsftpd_conf.html#lbAF
pasv_max_port and pasv_min_port

On Mar 5, 2:18*am, david <n...@nospam.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:56:47 -0800, Greg rearranged some electrons to say:
>
> > Hey everyone I had the vsftpd working on my cable modem and then we
> > transfered it to the office which is behind a Netopia 3000 router. Now
> > we get a connection timeout when we try and use the ftp from the
> > outside. *Has anyone had this problem? *I have the port forwarding setup
> > for UDP and TCP on ports 21 and 20. *Is there anything more I need to
> > do? *I also have apache going and port 80 open and it works perfectly.
> > Any help would be appreciated.
>
> > Greg
>
> If you're using passive mode, you also have to forward whatever ports you
> have vsftpd using for that. *
>
> See:http://vsftpd.beasts.org/vsftpd_conf.html#lbAF
> pasv_max_port and pasv_min_port

Alright..I don't remember having to do this on my dlink but I will
look into this. How come it works for the anonymious log-in on
passive mode?

On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:57:42 -0800, Greg rearranged some electrons to say:

> On Mar 5, 2:18Â*am, david <n...@nospam.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:56:47 -0800, Greg rearranged some electrons to
>> say:
>>
>> > Hey everyone I had the vsftpd working on my cable modem and then we
>> > transfered it to the office which is behind a Netopia 3000 router.
>> > Now we get a connection timeout when we try and use the ftp from the
>> > outside. Â*Has anyone had this problem? Â*I have the port forwarding
>> > setup for UDP and TCP on ports 21 and 20. Â*Is there anything more I
>> > need to do? Â*I also have apache going and port 80 open and it works
>> > perfectly. Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>> > Greg
>>
>> If you're using passive mode, you also have to forward whatever ports
>> you have vsftpd using for that.
>>
>> See:http://vsftpd.beasts.org/vsftpd_conf.html#lbAF pasv_max_port and
>> pasv_min_port
>
> Alright..I don't remember having to do this on my dlink but I will look
> into this. How come it works for the anonymious log-in on passive mode?

Perhaps you have something else broken in your vsftpd.conf file. Post it
here so it can be looked at perhaps?

On Mar 5, 6:45*pm, david <n...@nospam.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:57:42 -0800, Greg rearranged some electrons to say:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Mar 5, 2:18*am, david <n...@nospam.com> wrote:
> >> On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:56:47 -0800, Greg rearranged some electrons to
> >> say:
>
> >> > Hey everyone I had the vsftpd working on my cable modem and then we
> >> > transfered it to the office which is behind a Netopia 3000 router.
> >> > Now we get a connection timeout when we try and use the ftp from the
> >> > outside. *Has anyone had this problem? *I have the port forwarding
> >> > setup for UDP and TCP on ports 21 and 20. *Is there anything more I
> >> > need to do? *I also have apache going and port 80 open and it works
> >> > perfectly. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> >> > Greg
>
> >> If you're using passive mode, you also have to forward whatever ports
> >> you have vsftpd using for that.
>
> >> See:http://vsftpd.beasts.org/vsftpd_conf...Fpasv_max_port and
> >> pasv_min_port
>
> > Alright..I don't remember having to do this on my dlink but I will look
> > into this. *How come it works for the anonymious log-in on passive mode?
>
> Perhaps you have something else broken in your vsftpd.conf file. *Post it
> here so it can be looked at perhaps?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
# Example config file /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
#
# The default compiled in settings are fairly paranoid. This sample
file
# loosens things up a bit, to make the ftp daemon more usable.
# Please see vsftpd.conf.5 for all compiled in defaults.
#
# READ THIS: This example file is NOT an exhaustive list of vsftpd
options.
# Please read the vsftpd.conf.5 manual page to get a full idea of
vsftpd's
# capabilities.
#
# Allow anonymous FTP? (Beware - allowed by default if you comment
this out).
anonymous_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this to allow local users to log in.
local_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command.
write_enable=YES
#
# Default umask for local users is 077. You may wish to change this to
022,
# if your users expect that (022 is used by most other ftpd's)
local_umask=022
#
# Uncomment this to allow the anonymous FTP user to upload files. This
only
# has an effect if the above global write enable is activated. Also,
you will
# obviously need to create a directory writable by the FTP user.
#anon_upload_enable=YES
#
# Uncomment this if you want the anonymous FTP user to be able to
create
# new directories.
#anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES
#
# Activate directory messages - messages given to remote users when
they
# go into a certain directory.
dirmessage_enable=YES
#
# Activate logging of uploads/downloads.
xferlog_enable=YES
#
# Make sure PORT transfer connections originate from port 20 (ftp-
data).
connect_from_port_20=YES
#
# If you want, you can arrange for uploaded anonymous files to be
owned by
# a different user. Note! Using "root" for uploaded files is not
# recommended!
chown_uploads=YES
chown_username=gshirey
#
# You may override where the log file goes if you like. The default is
shown
# below.
#xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log
#
# If you want, you can have your log file in standard ftpd xferlog
format
xferlog_std_format=YES
#
# You may change the default value for timing out an idle session.
idle_session_timeout=6000
#
# You may change the default value for timing out a data connection.
data_connection_timeout=1200
#
# It is recommended that you define on your system a unique user which
the
# ftp server can use as a totally isolated and unprivileged user.
#nopriv_user=ftpsecure
#
# Enable this and the server will recognise asynchronous ABOR
requests. Not
# recommended for security (the code is non-trivial). Not enabling it,
# however, may confuse older FTP clients.
#async_abor_enable=YES
#
# By default the server will pretend to allow ASCII mode but in fact
ignore
# the request. Turn on the below options to have the server actually
do ASCII
# mangling on files when in ASCII mode.
# Beware that on some FTP servers, ASCII support allows a denial of
service
# attack (DoS) via the command "SIZE /big/file" in ASCII mode. vsftpd
# predicted this attack and has always been safe, reporting the size
of the
# raw file.
# ASCII mangling is a horrible feature of the protocol.
#ascii_upload_enable=YES
#ascii_download_enable=YES
#
# You may fully customise the login banner string:
#ftpd_banner=Welcome to blah FTP service.
#
# You may specify a file of disallowed anonymous e-mail addresses.
Apparently
# useful for combatting certain DoS attacks.
#deny_email_enable=YES
# (default follows)
#banned_email_file=/etc/vsftpd/banned_emails
#
# You may specify an explicit list of local users to chroot() to their
home
# directory. If chroot_local_user is YES, then this list becomes a
list of
# users to NOT chroot().
#chroot_list_enable=YES
# (default follows)
#chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd/chroot_list
#
# You may activate the "-R" option to the builtin ls. This is disabled
by
# default to avoid remote users being able to cause excessive I/O on
large
# sites. However, some broken FTP clients such as "ncftp" and "mirror"
assume
# the presence of the "-R" option, so there is a strong case for
enabling it.
#ls_recurse_enable=YES
#
# When "listen" directive is enabled, vsftpd runs in standalone mode
and
# listens on IPv4 sockets. This directive cannot be used in
conjunction
# with the listen_ipv6 directive.
listen=YES
#
# This directive enables listening on IPv6 sockets. To listen on IPv4
and IPv6
# sockets, you must run two copies of vsftpd whith two configuration
files.
# Make sure, that one of the listen options is commented !!
#listen_ipv6=YES

pam_service_name=vsftpd
userlist_enable=YES
tcp_wrappers=YES
accept_timeout=300
connect_timeout=300
idle_session_timeout=500
use_localtime=YES




There it is. It is weird though, anything requiring a password
remotely hangs a little bit. Even when I ssh in it takes a bit more
time than normal.

On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:43:32 -0800, Greg rearranged some electrons to say:


>
> There it is. It is weird though, anything requiring a password remotely
> hangs a little bit. Even when I ssh in it takes a bit more time than
> normal.

"Hangs a little bit?" Earlier you said it times out. Which is it?

Since you have "userlist_enable" turned on, read carefully the man page
on how that works. What's in /etc/vsftpd/user_list ?

On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:43:32 -0800, Greg rearranged some electrons to say:

>
> There it is. It is weird though, anything requiring a password remotely
> hangs a little bit. Even when I ssh in it takes a bit more time than
> normal.

Oh, you didn't specify the PASV port ranges. The default behavior is
"any port" according to the documentation. Your router would need to
know which ports to forward, and without a range specified, you would
probably have to forward all of them.

On Mar 6, 2:16*am, david <n...@nospam.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:43:32 -0800, Greg rearranged some electrons to say:
>
>
>
> > There it is. *It is weird though, anything requiring a password remotely
> > hangs a little bit. *Even when I ssh in it takes a bit more time than
> > normal.
>
> Oh, you didn't specify the PASV port ranges. * The default behavior is
> "any port" according to the documentation. *Your router would need to
> know which ports to forward, and without a range specified, you would
> probably have to forward all of them.

I limited the port by saying the min is 20 and max is 21. It still
times out.

On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:33:12 -0800, Greg rearranged some electrons to say:

> On Mar 6, 2:16Â*am, david <n...@nospam.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:43:32 -0800, Greg rearranged some electrons to
>> say:
>>
>>
>>
>> > There it is. Â*It is weird though, anything requiring a password
>> > remotely hangs a little bit. Â*Even when I ssh in it takes a bit more
>> > time than normal.
>>
>> Oh, you didn't specify the PASV port ranges. Â* The default behavior is
>> "any port" according to the documentation. Â*Your router would need to
>> know which ports to forward, and without a range specified, you would
>> probably have to forward all of them.
>
> I limited the port by saying the min is 20 and max is 21. It still
> times out.

Ah, no, that's not how PASV mode works. You need to pick another range
(>1023)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol
http://www.slacksite.com/other/ftp.html#intro