Multi VPS Server Setup FTP Login Problems

[agentmoller001]

Debian Squeeze, Apache, ISPConfig 3.0.4.6

I followed the guide here: http://www.howtoforge.com/virtual-mu...th-ispconfig-3 except that I said yes to install the firewall in the ISPConfig install.

I created a FTP user in the control panel and am attempting to connect with FileZilla, but I keep getting this error in FileZilla

Status: Connecting to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:21...
Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message...
Response: 220---------- Welcome to Pure-FTPd [privsep] [TLS] ----------
Response: 220-You are user number 1 of 50 allowed.
Response: 220-Local time is now 10:25. Server port: 21.
Response: 220-This is a private system - No anonymous login
Response: 220-IPv6 connections are also welcome on this server.
Response: 220 You will be disconnected after 15 minutes of inactivity.
Command: USER edited.sampleuser
Response: 331 User edited.sampleuser OK. Password required
Command: PASS **************
Response: 230-User edited.sampleuser has group access to: client1
Response: 230- sshusers
Response: 230 OK. Current restricted directory is /
Command: SYST
Response: 215 UNIX Type: L8
Command: FEAT
Response: 211-Extensions supported:
Response: EPRT
Response: IDLE
Response: MDTM
Response: SIZE
Response: REST STREAM
Response: MLST type*;size*;sizd*;modify*;UNIX.mode*;UNIX.uid*;UNI X.gid*;unique*;
Response: MLSD
Response: AUTH TLS
Response: PBSZ
Response: PROT
Response: UTF8
Response: ESTA
Response: PASV
Response: EPSV
Response: SPSV
Response: ESTP
Response: 211 End.
Command: OPTS UTF8 ON
Response: 200 OK, UTF-8 enabled
Status: Connected
Status: Retrieving directory listing...
Command: PWD
Response: 257 "/" is your current location
Command: TYPE I
Response: 200 TYPE is now 8-bit binary
Command: PASV
Response: 227 Entering Passive Mode (XXX,XXX,XXX,XXX,219,173)
Command: MLSD
Error: Connection timed out
Error: Failed to retrieve directory listing

Any ideas why the connection gets timed out?

[till]

The reason is that the passive ports that the ftp server uses are not open in the firewall. Normally you dont need a firewall on your server as it runs only the services that are required to be open when you followed the perfect setup guide,so the firewall does not anny security here. You can either shutdown the firewall or you will have to open the ports used for the passive ftp connections in the firewall.