iexplorer FTP NOT WORKING, webftp & cuteftp works tho?

[lipp9000]

I followed the how-to-forge installation guide for Fedora Core 5 and installed ISP config. I have a couple users who have sites and I can access their FTP through the Web-FTP, and also through CuteFTP with their username and password, but in internet explorer if i go to ftp.mydomain.com, and fill in my user and pw I get a "An error occured opening that folder on the FTP server. Make sure you have permission to access that folder. Details: A connection with the server could not be established."

The same error occurs if i try to access ftp://username:password@mydomain.com .

I have seen a few threads with the same problem and have followed their methods and I am still stuck with the same problem.

I tried commenting out..
DefaultRoot ~
Include /etc/proftpd_ispconfig.conf

in the proftpd.conf, restarted the server and still same problem, although this fixed someone elses problem. I also tried deleting the default server 127.0.0.0 in the ispconfigproftpd conf file, restarted the server and same problem.

How can I fix this?? Thanks in advance.

[fobicodam]

Looks like a firewall problem, i access my ftp sites with explorer with no problems.

Try to disable the firewall or (in iexplorer) Tools/Options/ Disable Pasive mode.

[lipp9000]

OMG UR A LEGEND!

It works now, but wot does disabling passive mode mean?? why can't i access it with passive mode on, is there a setting or config i need to change??

otherwise all users will have to disable passivle mode IF they tried to access ftp via iexplorer.

[fobicodam]

It quitte hard to explain how pasive mode works with my small english :p, FTP use port 21 to comunicate but with pasive mode it use alternative ports to do it faster. I had to disable the ispconfig firewall to make it works, but using normal mode ftp is fine too, slow, but fine.

[lipp9000]

i have just realized that it works even with passive mode on, i just have to add www. before my domain when im going to ftp.mydomain.com

if i go 2 ftp://mydomain.com i am still prompted for user and pw but it doesnt work.

But if i go 2 ftp://www.mydomain.com i get prompted but i can log in.

weird, same problem with my email, emails only get sent to user@www.mydomain.com , and dont get sent to user@mydomain.com


But many thanks anyway :)

[falko]

weird, same problem with my email, emails only get sent to user@www.mydomain.com , and dont get sent to user@mydomain.com

Make sure you added a Co-Domain mydomain.com (without host!) to the www.mydomain.com web site in ISPConfig. Also, make sure that mydomain.com is pointing to the correct IP address. You can test that with
dig mydomain.com