Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:13:17 -0500 From: Eric Crist <mnslinky@gmail.com> To: Walter <walterk1@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: troubles with ftp access via browser Message-ID: <19C578BD-7B8B-438E-83F6-2A35F32EAEE0@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <46FAA478.5080300@earthlink.net> References: <46FAA478.5080300@earthlink.net>
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On Sep 26, 2007, at 1:27 PMSep 26, 2007, Walter wrote: > Hi, > > I've placed some files on a FBSD 6.2 server using the > standard ftpd to access them. The content in question > is a video clip, but could be anything that I wanted to > share with people unknown. > > I can access the file list with a browser on my internal > network - I do this to check that my links are good. > > But I (or anyone else) can't access these files externally > with a browser, but I can access them with ftp itself. Even > if I force a 'ftp' (for anon access) login via the browser > URL, it stalls. I thought this had worked at one time... > (Trembles with uneasy expectation) Here's the URL: > ftp://72.40.22.156/incoming/ > for anyone who wants to look at it. > > On a side note, I see lots of rejected log-in attempts in > the logs from sites trying to do ftp access with "Administrator". > Is there an easy way to allow that? > > TIA. It appears to me that you've got some firewall issues, perhaps. Passive FTP connections are failing. You'll need to setup a port range for ftpd to utilize for passive FTP, and allow those connections through your firewall. HTH ----- Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks
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