[BlueOnyx:08950] Re: MLSD not reporting symbolic links in ftp

[Ken - Precision Web Hosting, Inc]

>I am now seeing this on one of my servers - users using Filezilla cannot 
>connect:
>
> Command: PASV
> Response: 227 Entering Passive Mode (87,128,xxx,xxx,225,142).
> Command: MLSD
> Error: Connection timed out
> Error: Failed to retrieve directory listing
>
> This is since a yum update but I don't know if is related. Running 220 
> ProFTPD 1.3.3e Server (ProFTPD server) which is the same as on other BX 
> servers that are fine.
>
> There is quite a lot of stuff on the internet about this problem - 
> supposed to be fixed in 1.3.4 - but why only one of my servers?
>


Possibly the passive ports in your proftpd.conf do not match what is allowed 
in your firewall on the server.


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Ken Marcus
Precision Web Hosting, Inc.
http://www.precisionweb.net