Hi, I set up an ftp user in ispconfig 3.1 p1, however locally it works like a charm but remotely it gets stuck at failed to retrieve directory. i opened port 21 to the server. is there another port or something else to open to make it work remotely?
If behind a firewall you probably need to add PASV or passive ports. Google these and then add PASSIVE option to pure-ftp. You will need to add the passive ports to your fw as well.
thank you. if anyone running centos 7 needs the solution here it is: (plus forward the same below port range in your firewall as well) How to enable passive ports on your pure-ftpd server and CSF Firewall When transferring files on/from your ftp server you will need to have passive ports specified and allowed in the firewall. Firstly lets edit pure-ftpd configuration file nano /etc/pure-ftpd/pure-ftpd.conf Uncomment (remove # at beginning of the line) PassivePortRange and specify the passive port range: PassivePortRange 35000 50000 Restart pure-ftpd to load the new configuration service pure-ftpd restart
