Charles,
> > (I need to ftp 300MB from work to home, and no cd-burner, or VPN access)
> >
> > I've recently installed and configured a new linux machine as
> > a web server and firewall (connected to cable modem).
> >
> > Using ftp and telnet from my NT used to work but now FTP can't
> > seem to accept commands. Telnet and browser work with my
> > IP Masq set to DENY everything and ALLOW forward from local
> > 192.168.* FTP does connect (from NT or LM7.1 server)
> > to sites and accept passwords, but it won't process commands.
> > WS-FTP (win) says that packets are not coming from 192.168.*
> > and in LM, I just get the ftp prompt with no change.
> >
> > Is this what is meant by passive mode ? There was no such
> > setting in WS-FTP, and I don't know where to look in LM.
> > My /etc/inetd.conf contains
> > #
> > ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd -l -a
> > telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.telnetd
> >
> > and I restrict them in /etc/hosts.allow
> > ftp: 127.0.0.1 192.168.1. xxx.yyy.zzz.
> > (xxx.* is a trusted subnet at work)
> >
> > In my rc.firewall file, I tried adding
> > # These modules are necessary to masquerade their respective services.
> > /sbin/modprobe ip_masq_ftp
> >
> > but no change. What do I do next ?
>
> Two thoughts.
>
> 1. If you are using IP masqurading, I believe the is an FTP module to
> install as well.
Is that ip_masq_ftp I described above ?
> 2) Try using ncftp. Aside from the fact that you can set transfers up to
> runin the background, it will use passive mode if it can in the background
> mode.
Fine from linux (if it works), but I need my internal win-NT machine to
ftp from my work server (or anywhere else).
Update: I found out at work that I *can* ftp into my linux server from
here. So the problem is still trying to FTP from inside my home LAN and
server (on LAN) to the outside world.
I noticed in WS-FTP Pro that there is a firewall option. Does ayone know
how to set that to see if that will work.
Thanks... Dan.
