comp.os.linux.networking

On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:53:47 -0700, Greg rearranged some electrons to say:

> On Mar 10, 2:27 am, david wrote:
>> On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:27:10 -0700, Greg rearranged some electrons to
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>> > On Mar 7, 11:18 pm, Greg wrote:
>> >> On Mar 6, 10:15 pm, david wrote:
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>> >> > On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:33:12 -0800, Greg rearranged some electrons
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>> >> > > On Mar 6, 2:16 am, david wrote:
>> >> > >> On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:43:32 -0800, Greg rearranged some
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>> >> > >> > There it is.  It is weird though, anything requiring a
>> >> > >> > password remotely hangs a little bit.  Even when I ssh in it
>> >> > >> > takes a bit more time than normal.
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>> >> > >> Oh, you didn't specify the PASV port ranges.   The default
>> >> > >> behavior is "any port" according to the documentation.  Your
>> >> > >> router would need to know which ports to forward, and without a
>> >> > >> range specified, you would probably have to forward all of
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>> >> > > I limited the port by saying the min is 20 and max is 21.  It
>> >> > > still times out.
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>> >> > Ah, no, that's not how PASV mode works.  You need to pick another
>> >> > range (>1023)
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>> >> Yeah I opened a gang of high ports and told vsftpd about them but
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>> > Anyone have any other ideas?
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>> Look at your log files during your failed login attempts.  There may be
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> Where would the log file be located on that front?

man vsftpd.conf
/vsftpd_log_file