[Solved] Pure-ftp failed to retrieve directory listing

Hey there
Looks like i've encountered a common issue, for which none of the solutions I've seen on here worked. Enabling passive ports are per this had a worse effect, and i couldn't even log in using the passive ports. Trying to check the logs on ISPC reports that the service is online(along with every other service), but systemctl reports differently.
The output of netstat -tnulp | grep 21:

Code:

tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:11211         0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      21571/memcached     
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:21              0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      25514/pure-ftpd (SE
tcp6       0      0 :::21                   :::*                    LISTEN      25514/pure-ftpd (SE

FileZilla log when using default port 21:

Code:

Status:   Logged in
Status:   Retrieving directory listing...
Command:   PWD
Response:   257 "/" is your current location
Command:   TYPE I
Response:   200 TYPE is now 8-bit binary
Command:   PASV
Response:   227 Entering Passive Mode (45,58,37,57,64,84)
Command:   MLSD
Error:   Connection timed out after 20 seconds of inactivity
Error:   Failed to retrieve directory listing
Status:   Disconnected from server
Status:   Resolving address of opensrvr01.openitmation.com
Status:   Connecting to [public ip address]:21...
Status:   Connection established, waiting for welcome message...
Status:   Logged in
Status:   Retrieving directory listing...
Command:   PWD
Response:   257 "/" is your current location
Command:   TYPE I
Response:   200 TYPE is now 8-bit binary
Command:   PASV
Response:   227 Entering Passive Mode (45,58,37,57,144,247)
Command:   MLSD
Error:   Connection timed out after 20 seconds of inactivity
Error:   Failed to retrieve directory listing

Any ideas on what else to check would be much appreciated?

 

What does

the report say?
@till : the poster wrote he already used that same Faqforge tutorial.

 

systemctl status pure-ftpd-mysql:

Code:

● pure-ftpd-mysql.service
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd-mysql; generated; vendor preset: enable
   Active: active (running) since Mon 2019-04-29 16:41:12 UTC; 22min ago
     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
  Process: 26581 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd-mysql stop (code=exited, status=
  Process: 26593 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/pure-ftpd-mysql start (code=exited, statu
    Tasks: 5 (limit: 4915)
   CGroup: /system.slice/pure-ftpd-mysql.service
           ├─26603 pure-ftpd (SERVER)
           ├─27094 pure-ftpd (IDLE)
           ├─27095 pure-ftpd (PRIV)
           ├─27097 pure-ftpd (IDLE)
           └─27098 pure-ftpd (PRIV)

 

Looks like it was down to the home folder of my non-root debian user belonging to root, as that's how created it, everything's working and services are reporting as online again.