proftpd not working with external ftp client.

[webdbywill]

I'm not sure what the problem is here. I can ftp from within the ispconfig interface.

However if i try to use an external ftp client such as my browser or smartftp things like that. I can connect but it just hangs when it ties to get the folder list. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I do appologize if this is a duplicate thread. I did search for an answer first. Didn't find anything that addressed this problem.

I'm using proftpd with ispconfig (obviously) and suse 10.2.

Thank You.

[till]

Please try active and passive FTP mode in your FTP client.

[webdbywill]

I trid both active and passive transfers. Both with the same result as described in the problem. Any other ideas?

[Hans]

Is the line:

Include /etc/proftpd_ispconfig.conf

at the end of your /etc/proftpd.conf file?

Recently, i lost that line due a update of proftp.

When i added the line again, proftp was functioning again..
If you change something within your /etc/proftpd.conf do not forget to restart proftp.

[webdbywill]

I just checked to make sure that the line was at the end of the proftpd.conf and restarted proftpd. The line was there though.

# This is a basic ProFTPD configuration file (rename it to # 'proftpd.conf' for actual use. It establishes a single server# and a single anonymous login. It assumes that you have a user/group# "nobody" and "ftp" for normal operation and anon. ServerName "ProFTPD Default Installation"ServerType standaloneDefaultServer on # Port 21 is the standard FTP port.Port 21 # Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new dirs and files# from being group and world writable.Umask 022 # To prevent DoS attacks, set the maximum number of child processes# to 30. If you need to allow more than 30 concurrent connections# at once, simply increase this value. Note that this ONLY works# in standalone mode, in inetd mode you should use an inetd server# that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service# (such as xinetd).MaxInstances 30 # Set the user and group under which the server will run.User nobodyGroup nogroup # To cause every FTP user to be "jailed" (chrooted) into their home# directory, uncomment this line.DefaultRoot ~ # Normally, we want files to be overwriteable.AllowOverwrite on # Bar use of SITE CHMOD by default## DenyAll# # A basic anonymous configuration, no upload directories. If you do not# want anonymous users, simply delete this entire section. User ftp Group ftp # We want clients to be able to login with "anonymous" as well as "ftp" UserAlias anonymous ftp # Limit the maximum number of anonymous logins MaxClients 10 # We want 'welcome.msg' displayed at login, and '.message' displayed # in each newly chdired directory. DisplayLogin welcome.msg DisplayFirstChdir .message # Limit WRITE everywhere in the anonymous chroot DenyAll DefaultRoot ~IdentLookups offServerIdent on "FTP Server ready." Include /etc/proftpd_ispconfig.conf

The above is what my proftpd.conf file has in it.

[falko]

Uhm... Can you post the contents again, but this time wrap CODE tags around it? Because right now nobody can read it.

[webdbywill]

It's no problem. I got it working. It was a firewall issue. for some reason it just didn't like my router's built in firewall.

I disabled that one and enabled the ispconfig firewall. all is working fine now.

THank you.