Re: [SLE] susefirewall2 and ftp

wavesurf@xxxxxxxxx wrote: 
Maby you will look here to see what the problem is;

[gerritjanftp] FTP response: Client "123.123.123.123", "227 Entering Passive 
Isn't that the key?  You are using passive mode.  I must be missing something
here.  I have been using vsftpd for a few years with SuSE and never had this
much trouble.  I too have two NICs and am using SuSEfirewall2 to make the
computer a NAT router for my home net and even in a lab at work.  Like you
I am using vsftpd.  I am certainly no ftp expert but I believe that passive
mode uses other high ports and I think I remember they are randomly selected.
For that reason I use ftp only in active mode in order to avoid that issue
with the firewall.  You are getting connected so the firewall is letting you
use the port 21.  I have no idea how to get the firewall to deal with the
other high ports used for passive so that is why I stayed with the active
mode.  With some clients that I use, I have to set the option for active
mode only.

As a side point, I haven't seen anyone mention tampering with
/etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2.  That's where I always go to tamper with
things not covered by YaST

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