[SMS]

riteman · Member Joined: 01 Feb 2011 Posts: 27

Hi

I have my server running with DYNDNS but if I use FileZilla to access the server via FTP and using the DYNDNS address, the program hangs as it is waiting for a welcome message. If I test using the internal address "sms", everything runs smoothly but the welcome message is not the message I have set up in the vsftp config file?

Any hints would help a lot as I am trying to set up my server as a dropbox for my family utilizing the Open Source program FTPbox

Thanks a lot
Riteman

gerasimos_h · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:39 pm Post subject:

Do you have a variable ftpd_banner uncomment in /etc/vsftpd.conf?
default is
ftpd_banner= Welcome to blah FTP service.

did you restart /etc/rc.d/rc.inetd after editing?

gerasimos_h

riteman · Member Joined: 01 Feb 2011 Posts: 27

I have uncommented and modified the banner message and restarted the FTP server

gerasimos_h · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 6:16 pm Post subject:

Are you sure, you didn't see welcome message in log files of your ftp client?
Try from bash by typing
ftp 127.0.0.1
Does your welcome message appear?
you should see something like

riteman · Member Joined: 01 Feb 2011 Posts: 27

when I look into the exchange of commands between FTPclient and server when accessing inside my network it states

220 SMS FTP Server

which is not the string I have in the conf-file

gerasimos_h · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:33 am Post subject:

You need to stop proftpd first, as you have 2 FTP servers running.
to stop proftpd run
/etc/rc.d/rc.proftpd stop
and disable service with
chmod -x /etc/rc.d/rc.proftpd

gerasimos_h

riteman · Member Joined: 01 Feb 2011 Posts: 27

Thanks

I did what you suggested and as result got "stopping proftpd..", then I used the chmod command and now I cannot log in via FTP at all: The message now is "Connection established waiting for welcome message" also when I log in from within my own network
If I run "ftp sms" from a commandwindow on my windows-PC I get "connected to sms.fritz.box" followed by "Connection closed by remote host"

gerasimos_h · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:43 am Post subject:

Have you enable vsftpd through /etc/inetd.conf as described in wiki?

riteman · Member Joined: 01 Feb 2011 Posts: 27

thanks again - peeople reading the Wiki sure have an advantage
I enabled and using "ftpuser" "ftpuser" I get the error "530 Login incorrect." ?

gerasimos_h · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:00 pm Post subject:

riteman · Member Joined: 01 Feb 2011 Posts: 27

..strange as the first entry in the conf file says:
ftp_username=ftpuser

gerasimos_h · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:19 pm Post subject:

This is from man pages

riteman · Member Joined: 01 Feb 2011 Posts: 27

attached my conf file: I now can log into the FTP server from within my network - as soon as I try to login using the dyndns address it resolves the IP address correctly but stops waiting for the welcome message
Changed ftpuser to have a homedir

gerasimos_h · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:21 pm Post subject:

Your config looks OK...
Have you set up port forward on your router, to forward ports 20-21 to your local machine?

gerasimos_h

riteman · Member Joined: 01 Feb 2011 Posts: 27

only port 21