Comments on Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Debian Etch

I have installed proftpd as it describes in this howto. All run well.

I want to congratulate the author.

Thanks more.

PS: For the test I used CoreFTP lite.

very simple and easy to install proftpd .. but there are some issues with regarding router and firewall settings and also modes of proftpd .. like active and passive mode of ftp.. there is more detailed article on such issue ..

http://www.compwrite.com/index.php/2008/04/03/installing-proftpd-on-linux/

straightforward, easy, genial ;-)

 Thank you.

I have to say this is the first and only simple setup guide that actually WORKS. I have been struggling with setting up a complete server and every guide it cryptic and you always have to debug. Thanks for the quick how-to.

Ugh, I've tried so many tutorials, and this is yet another that doesn't work. This one does get me a bit further, though... TLS works, but the connection times out when trying to list the remote directory. suggestions?

I had the same problem. You need to use a specific range of passive ports, then enable them in your firewall.

Try this:

In proftpd.conf:

PassivePorts                    20000 20050

For UFW (Default in Ubuntu):

$ ufw allow proto tcp to any port 20000:20050

$ /etc/init.d/proftpd restart

Thanks, the TLS protocol version lines helped me with connecting to Proftpd using the JScape java applet client.

This is a great tutorial, thank you VERY much.

 One thing to notice if you ever get the

ECONNREFUSED - Connection refused by server

error using filezilla with TLS support

see: http://forum.filezilla-project.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7876
for the missing configuration of the filezilla client