[gentoo-user] OT - vsftp revisited

[gentoo-user] OT - vsftp revisited

[Michael Sullivan]

I have a user who can't upload files to his account on my server.  He
can connect and log in, he can see the files and directories in his home
directory, but he can't interact with them.  I can log into my personal
account via the external IP of my router and interact with my personal
account just fine, so I'm not sure why he can't use his.  Here's the
information I've been able to gather:

He is using FireFTP as his client on Windows XP.

He can log into the FTP server, his home directory loads, but he can't
move from his home directory to any of the subdirectories under his home
directory.

Here is the log output from his most recent attempt, taken
from /var/log/vsftpd.log:

Fri Aug 19 21:10:08 2005 [pid 23592] CONNECT: Client "68.226.26.135"
Fri Aug 19 21:10:09 2005 [pid 23591] [acsacsx] OK LOGIN: Client
"68.226.26.135"
Fri Aug 19 21:10:51 2005 [pid 23595] CONNECT: Client "68.226.26.135"
Fri Aug 19 21:10:51 2005 [pid 23594] [acsacsx] OK LOGIN: Client
"68.226.26.135"
Fri Aug 19 21:11:32 2005 [pid 23609] CONNECT: Client "68.226.26.135"
Fri Aug 19 21:11:32 2005 [pid 23608] [acsacsx] OK LOGIN: Client
"68.226.26.135"
Fri Aug 19 21:12:12 2005 [pid 23614] CONNECT: Client "68.226.26.135"
Fri Aug 19 21:12:12 2005 [pid 23613] [acsacsx] OK LOGIN: Client
"68.226.26.135"
Fri Aug 19 21:12:53 2005 [pid 23617] CONNECT: Client "68.226.26.135"
Fri Aug 19 21:12:53 2005 [pid 23616] [acsacsx] OK LOGIN: Client
"68.226.26.135"


I have no idea even how to start solving this problem.  I don't have
access to a computer outside my network with Internet access, so I've
only been able to try connecting to the same address he does, except
from inside the network.  Can anyone help me out here?
-Michael Sullivan-



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Re: [gentoo-user] OT - vsftp revisited

[Willie Wong]

There's gotta be an option for vsftp to give more verbose logs, right?

Also, ask your customer for his logs. Back in the days when I was
using windows any self-respecting graphical ftp client would have a
little window showing the connecting status/log. That could really
help. 

Also, ask your customer to try login using the commandline ftp from
XP. We'd at least like to know it is not a problem wit his client.

W

On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 09:21:55PM -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> I have a user who can't upload files to his account on my server.  He
> can connect and log in, he can see the files and directories in his home
> directory, but he can't interact with them.  I can log into my personal
> account via the external IP of my router and interact with my personal
> account just fine, so I'm not sure why he can't use his.  Here's the
> information I've been able to gather:
> 
> He is using FireFTP as his client on Windows XP.
> 
> He can log into the FTP server, his home directory loads, but he can't
> move from his home directory to any of the subdirectories under his home
> directory.
> 
> Here is the log output from his most recent attempt, taken
> from /var/log/vsftpd.log:
> 
> Fri Aug 19 21:10:08 2005 [pid 23592] CONNECT: Client "68.226.26.135"
> Fri Aug 19 21:10:09 2005 [pid 23591] [acsacsx] OK LOGIN: Client
> "68.226.26.135"
> Fri Aug 19 21:10:51 2005 [pid 23595] CONNECT: Client "68.226.26.135"
> Fri Aug 19 21:10:51 2005 [pid 23594] [acsacsx] OK LOGIN: Client
> "68.226.26.135"
> Fri Aug 19 21:11:32 2005 [pid 23609] CONNECT: Client "68.226.26.135"
> Fri Aug 19 21:11:32 2005 [pid 23608] [acsacsx] OK LOGIN: Client
> "68.226.26.135"
> Fri Aug 19 21:12:12 2005 [pid 23614] CONNECT: Client "68.226.26.135"
> Fri Aug 19 21:12:12 2005 [pid 23613] [acsacsx] OK LOGIN: Client
> "68.226.26.135"
> Fri Aug 19 21:12:53 2005 [pid 23617] CONNECT: Client "68.226.26.135"
> Fri Aug 19 21:12:53 2005 [pid 23616] [acsacsx] OK LOGIN: Client
> "68.226.26.135"
> 
> 
> I have no idea even how to start solving this problem.  I don't have
> access to a computer outside my network with Internet access, so I've
> only been able to try connecting to the same address he does, except
> from inside the network.  Can anyone help me out here?
> -Michael Sullivan-
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [gentoo-user] OT - vsftp revisited

[Rumen Yotov]

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Michael Sullivan wrote:

>I have a user who can't upload files to his account on my server.  He
>can connect and log in, he can see the files and directories in his home
>directory, but he can't interact with them.  I can log into my personal
>account via the external IP of my router and interact with my personal
>account just fine, so I'm not sure why he can't use his.  Here's the
>information I've been able to gather:
>
>He is using FireFTP as his client on Windows XP.
>
>He can log into the FTP server, his home directory loads, but he can't
>move from his home directory to any of the subdirectories under his home
>directory.
>
>Here is the log output from his most recent attempt, taken
>from /var/log/vsftpd.log:
>
>Fri Aug 19 21:10:08 2005 [pid 23592] CONNECT: Client "68.226.26.135"
>Fri Aug 19 21:10:09 2005 [pid 23591] [acsacsx] OK LOGIN: Client
>"68.226.26.135"
>Fri Aug 19 21:10:51 2005 [pid 23595] CONNECT: Client "68.226.26.135"
>Fri Aug 19 21:10:51 2005 [pid 23594] [acsacsx] OK LOGIN: Client
>"68.226.26.135"
>Fri Aug 19 21:11:32 2005 [pid 23609] CONNECT: Client "68.226.26.135"
>Fri Aug 19 21:11:32 2005 [pid 23608] [acsacsx] OK LOGIN: Client
>"68.226.26.135"
>Fri Aug 19 21:12:12 2005 [pid 23614] CONNECT: Client "68.226.26.135"
>Fri Aug 19 21:12:12 2005 [pid 23613] [acsacsx] OK LOGIN: Client
>"68.226.26.135"
>Fri Aug 19 21:12:53 2005 [pid 23617] CONNECT: Client "68.226.26.135"
>Fri Aug 19 21:12:53 2005 [pid 23616] [acsacsx] OK LOGIN: Client
>"68.226.26.135"
>
>
>I have no idea even how to start solving this problem.  I don't have
>access to a computer outside my network with Internet access, so I've
>only been able to try connecting to the same address he does, except
>from inside the network.  Can anyone help me out here?
>-Michael Sullivan-
>
>
>
>  
>
Hi,
Not a solution just some suggestions:
1.open port 20 (tcp,udp) on your firewall, beside opening port 21.
FTP uses two port (control & data) both defaults to 20-data, control-21
(assuming an active-ftp session);
2.Try using the ftp-client in passive mode.
3.Check permissions on dirs.
HTH. Rumen

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