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Old 10-16-2008
Remote Access to FTP server not working
I am trying to setup an FTP server in a Fedora Core 3 machine through the command line interface and not KDE.

I think I am successful in getting the ftp service running, as when I do an ftp 127.0.0.1, I am able to log in using any one the user accounts I have created on this machine and browse the files.

But when I try to ftp to this machine from another machine, I am not able to connect to it. I tried this through Filezilla from a windows machine as well as telnet to the ftp server and ftp to that machine from another unix machine, no joy.

I have two ftp servers or daemons running, one is the Kerberos gssftp and the other is ncftp. I am not using both at the same time, when I try each one seperately I am able to , 'ftp 127.0.0.1' and log in but not remotely.

Please advise or point me towards what I could be doing wrong.
# 2  
Old 10-16-2008
What message do you get when you telnet to the ftp server?
# 3  
Old 10-16-2008
When I try to telnet using putty through windows it says connecting and then closes the window.

When I try to telnet from a unix machine which I have ssh'ed through putty it just says

Trying <IP-ADDRESS>
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: No route to host
Last edited by cooljumbo2k8; 10-16-2008 at 12:17 PM..
# 4  
Old 10-16-2008
Humm, from the Fedora machine are you able to access other machines or the Internet? Is this machine on a different LAN or LAN segment or behind a different firewall?
# 5  
Old 10-16-2008
It's on the same network as the rest of machines, I want to be able to ftp from.

In other words I am not able to ftp to this machine from PCs that are on the same network as this machine.
# 6  
Old 10-16-2008
Bug May be the problem because of iptables
Check the iptables ( Linux Firewall) status
service iptables status

if it is running, Please stop that...
service iptables stop.

if that is not solving your problem... Please check IP address and netmask for both Client and Server.... That will give you some idea...

Actuallly iptables concept should work...
praveen kumar05
# 7  
Old 10-16-2008
Hey Praveen Kumar05,

Stopping iptables did the trick. Thank you

Since I am still learning Unix could you give me a back ground as to what iptables did and why stopping it helped.

Thanks
 
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