On 7/15/05, Benjamin Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 15 July 2005 08:58 am, Wim De Smet wrote: > > > On 7/15/05, Benjamin Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dear friends: > > > > > > I have run into an unusual and inexplicable FTP authentification issue. > > > It's the first time I've ever had this problem in Linux, and I've been > > > using the same Dell 8200 Dimension computer for five years (on both > > > WinXP and different flavors of Linux). > > > > > > I've discussed this with my IP and my web host. They have advised me > > > that it's working fine at their end and they have made sure to clear any > > > firewall obstacles. > > > > > > My FTP works fine in Windows, but not in Debian. Or rather, let me say > > > that it was working fine the first two days of install, but for the past > > > three days has not. > > > > > > The situation is rather confusing. First, here is the output of ftp in > > > the console. Clearly, it's working fine, showing the remote file system > > > and uploading and downloading successfully: > > > > > >... > > > > Sounds like a problem between clients trying active/passive ftp. Could > > you verify whether the gui clients are trying to connect via active or > > via passive ftp? > > > > mvg, > > Wim > > Dear Wim: > > Thank you for writing. > > How would I verify this. Please give me the precise command in the console and > I'll be glad to do this. >
Try running ftp with the -v and -d switch in the console and list the output somewhere. You can also supply the -p switch to force it to try passive ftp. For the gui clients, it should be listed somewhere in the server options or the likes. For instance for gftp click FTP->Options->FTP tab, then there's a checkbox at the bottom which says passive/active transfers. You can also check "ignore PASV address" there. If you have to check that with passive before it works, it's a configuration problem on the server's side. greets, Wim