pureftpd and apache2

Hello all,

Newbie question. So I installed pureftpd just as suggested in the tutorial but with nothing else of the perfect server on Ubuntu 11.04. I can do ftp from my machine on filezilla using the localhost but I can't see my computer from the outside. What configurations changes must I make, if any, on my apache .conf file. Thanks!

 

OK, so now the port is open and I can connect through filezilla but I'm getting a "Failed to Retrieve Directory List" error. I also get "Status: Server sent passive reply with unroutable address. Using server address instead."

Example:

root@box:/etc/pure-ftpd/conf# echo ,21 > Bind
root@box:/etc/pure-ftpd/conf# echo xx.xx.xx.xx > ForcePassiveIP
root@box:/etc/pure-ftpd/conf# echo 5000 5050 > PassivePortRange

Thanks

 

Did you try both active and passive transfers in your FTP client?

 

Falko,

Thank you for your response, I have Filezilla setup to connect on active mode if passive mode fails. From the Filezilla log, it seems it is able to connect but for some reason it can't create the folder list.

Thanks

 

What's the output of

Code:

iptables -L

?

Does FTP work from inside your local network, but not from outside? In that case you should also check your router configuration.

 

Falko this is my output

Code:

root@folders:~# iptables -L
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination  

Thanks

 

Ok, no firewall - that's ok.

What about my other question?

 

Well at some point it started working, partially, but I think I'm having problems with my static ip, and I don't know if it's conflicting with my hosts file. Now every time I start my computer I have to make changes in the interfaces file in order to get the internet to work. I've tried configuring the static port through the router, with the interfaces file, and both at the same time, but something is amuck. When it does work I can't get passive ports working.

I just installed 11.04 on both computers at my office, and I have no idea how to go about and create an internal network for file/printer sharing. In the networks place all I see is windows network. So I haven't been able to check through the network. When it does work I end up connecting thrtough the internet on the other computer. I can't simply put 192.168.0.xxx:21 on filezilla and have it work.

Gonna reboot now and check if I still have to play around with the interfaces file

Thanks

 

It seems that the other computer on my LAN is actually recognizing the internal address. From the outside the I can connect to the server (without passive ports) but then I can't get the folder list.

 

So it's working from inside your LAN, but not from the outside? In this case you should check your router settings.

 

Falko, I've checked my router settings and they seem to be correct. I have both the 21 port open for FTP and the passive port range open as well. Filezilla actually connects to the server, it just stops on the directory listing command. Could it be the user permissions on the filesystem (fstab) they are 077. So permission for ftpuser and ftpgroup but no access to others.

Thanks for your help.

 

You mean 770, right?

 

Hey,

My umask setting is actually 007. For the time being I need to access it from the server computer itself so I need full access from group now.

 

Bump... Falko you there! is 007 for my umask wrong? thanks!

 

Usually you should use a umask of 022.

 

Changing directions a bit Falko, I think I'm giving up on ftp and going towards the ssh route. It seems more reliable from what I have read and with filezilla I should be able to make it work for windows as well. Only problem is that I added new users but I get a: "Write failed: Broken pipe" error when I try to connect to either users.

I set them up like you do on your tutorial for the perfect server. I don't want them to have a /home directory, nor access through the splash/greeter page. The ntfs partition has uid=1000 (admin user) and gid=107(ssh). I have also jailed the other 3 users to specific directories. I hope this isn't the problem. I'd appreciate any feedback you might have and that this is at least some what interesting to you! Thanks!

 

Falko, did you get my latest post. Hopefully you can help me. Thanks!

 

If you want to use SSH/SCP, you must set up a shell account for each user in ISPConfig.