Re: [gentoo-user] OT - vsftp 425 bad IP connecting [SOLVED]

[Michael Sullivan]

On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 13:19 -0400, Willie Wong wrote:
> A quick search on google reveals the following as a possibility:
>
>  Your server might be responding to the PASV connection by giving the
>  lan-ip. Try setting the
>  	pasv_promiscuous=YES
>  and/or
> 	pasv_addrs=<insert wan ip here>
>  in the config.
>
> The suggestions are completely untested... and I don't use VSFTP
> myself, just acting as a Google-Proxy (=
>
> W
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 09:03:23AM -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> > One of my users is having a problem with FTP access to my server.  He
> > says that he can connect and get a listing for his home directory, but
> > he can't do anything beyond seeing the listing.  He's connecting from
> > outside the network.  I can connect and interact with my personal
> > account through FTP just fine from inside the network, but everytime I
> > try to connect like he does (using ftp.espersunited.com) I get a 425
> > Security Bad IP error.  I don't have access to a computer physically
> > outside the network to use to diagnose this problem, so working around
> > this Bad IP error is my only option.  The IP address that
> > ftp.espersunited.com points to is the external address of my router, so
> > it might be complaining because the requesting IP is the same as the
> > requested IP.  Any help on fixing this?  Google and the vsftpd.conf man
> > page were no help...
> >
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>        ~Willie Wong
> Sortir en Pantoufles: up 6 days, 20:16

I can now log in to my account via FTP using the ftp.espersunited.com
(extenal IP).  This might fix the user's problem as well - he's not
available to try it.  If it doesn't, I'll probably right back in if
further information from him and research doesn't provide the answer...

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