Robert Elliott said:
> Hi, all.
> I've a wee problem with our ftp server; it'll let people log in, but at
> a hint of 'ls' or 'get' nothing happens. The command is accepted and
> run, but no information is forthcoming. If a user tries to cd into a
> valid directory, it complies without a problem, but getting a file will
> create the empty file locally, but it won't write anything to it.
> The logs say nothing but 'user logged in, user logged out'.
This means that any of the ops that require a DATA connection are not
working. My guess would be that your firewall is not allowing them
through.
Make sure your FTP client is doing everything verbosely, use PASV mode,
etc....
--j.
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