On Sat, 04 Jul 2015 13:55:36 +1000 Alexis <flexibe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > bri...@aracnet.com writes: > > > just to recap. machine 1 :firewall. i can ftp into machine 2 > > machine 2: no firewall. i cannot ftp into machine 1 > > > > i tried the iptables commands as you explained above, and still > > get connection refused. > > > > here's the really interesting part. > > > > when logged in on machine 1. > > ftp localhost: works ftp machine1: connection refused > > In my experience, "connection refused" can indicate that there's > nothing actually listening on the port to which one is trying to > connect. Perhaps try running netstat(8) on machine1, e.g.: > > $ netstat -altp > > to check that vsftpd is indeed listening on the relevant > port(s). If it's not, check vsftpd logs to see whether it produced > any errors or warning on startup, and check your vsftpd > configuration accordingly. > well this is really screwy. i changed the vsftpd.conf file to : listen=YES #listen_ipv6=YES so, i commented out the listen_ipv6 and now it works ! what's extremely confusing is that machine2 is running with listen=NO and ipv6 yes and it works just fine! ?? i then tried modifying the config file to listen =NO but leaving ipv6 commented, and it doesn't work that way. i have no idea where to go from here. The only outstanding difference i can think of is that machine1 is i386 and machine2 is amd64 Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150704154505.181b1...@cedar.deldotd.com