On Sat, 2 Oct 2010 23:37:40 +0100 Aaron Gray aaronngray.lists@gmail.com wrote:
I have installed a fresh version of F11, unfortunately I did not install VSFTPD with it.
On doing a "yum install vsftpd" it install fine but does not seem to function.
[root@zzz vsftpd]# ftp localhost Trying ::1... ftp: connect to address ::1Connection refused Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost (127.0.0.1). 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection ftp> quit
I copied the 'vsftpd.conf' and 'users' directory from my working F11 server this one is supposed to be mirroring, but am getting exactly the same responce.
This is probably a problem with the firewall. Did you open ports 20 and 21?
And if you are using passive ftp you should open some ports in the high range, so there is a hole in the firewall for vsftpd to use. You have to tell vsftpd to use those ports in the configuration. I also had to open the service on my router, but that might not be an issue for you.
If I recall correctly, there is a logging function that can be turned on and it is really useful for decoding where the problem is and what it is too.
It's been a few years since I used vsftpd, so this is somewhat hazy.