Hi Thomas, I tried this with my machine and got Restarting proftpd daemon... - Fatal: unknown configuration directive 'PassivePorts' on line 2 of '/etc/proftpd.conf'. when restarting proftpd. My proftpd version is ii proftpd 1.2.0pre10-2.0potato1 Versatile, virtual-hosting FTP daemon What can be wrong? TIA, Paulo Henrique
Em Thu, 15 Nov 2001 17:36:35 +0100, François THOMAS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > > De : Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Envoyé : jeudi 15 novembre 2001 16:13 > > À : debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Objet : ftp behind firewall > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > I have two Debian Potato servers. > > I installed a firewall machine (real IP) and behind it instaled > > another machine (false IP - 10.0.0.*) with ftp service (proftpd). > > I redirect ftp port throught firewall and everything is working > > except that every ftp client have to access with passive > directive. > > How to get ride of this? > > TIA, Paulo Henrique > > I found a solution to my problem which looks like the same: > on your firewall, I opened ports 20, 21, and a few high ports (say, > 50000 to > 50020) > In proftpd.conf, I wrote this: > PassivePorts 50000 50020 > MasqueradeAddress firewall's.external.ip.adress > Now, passive and active mode are working fine for me and for the > outside > world. > Hope that helps ! > > Regards > François > > -- Paulo Henrique B de Oliveira Gerente de Operações - Linux Solutions - http://www.linuxsolutions.com.br O maior conteúdo de Linux em língua portuguesa - OLinux - http://www.olinux.com.br (21) 2526-7262 ramal 31