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    VsFTPd Passive Mode Errors

    I launched a Amazon Instance using ami-4a0df923 last night and installed vsftpd on it. But i am unable to connect using PASV mode. Following containing everything i could dig in.


    commandline FTP Output:
    Code:
    230 Login successful.
    Remote system type is UNIX.
    Using binary mode to transfer files.
    ftp> ls /
    227 Entering Passive Mode (84,173,63,172,47,47).
    ftp: connect: Connection timed out
    ftp> 221 Goodbye.

    FileZilla's Output:
    Code:
    13:51:42	Status:	Connection established, waiting for welcome message...
    13:51:42	Response:	220 (vsFTPd 2.2.2)
    13:51:42	Command:	USER fsftp
    13:51:43	Response:	331 Please specify the password.
    13:51:43	Command:	PASS ****************
    13:51:44	Response:	230 Login successful.
    13:51:44	Command:	OPTS UTF8 ON
    13:51:44	Response:	200 Always in UTF8 mode.
    13:51:44	Status:	Connected
    13:51:44	Status:	Retrieving directory listing...
    13:51:44	Command:	PWD
    13:51:44	Response:	257 "/"
    13:51:44	Command:	TYPE I
    13:51:45	Response:	200 Switching to Binary mode.
    13:51:45	Command:	PASV
    13:51:45	Response:	227 Entering Passive Mode (84,173,63,172,47,23).
    13:51:45	Command:	LIST
    13:52:46	Response:	425 Failed to establish connection.
    13:52:46	Error:	Failed to retrieve directory listing

    IPtables:
    Code:
    # iptables -nvL
    Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 1099 packets, 104K bytes)
     pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination         
    
    Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
     pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination         
    
    Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 1061 packets, 228K bytes)
     pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination

    Amazon's Security Group:
    Code:
    All:icmp:-1:-1:0.0.0.0/0
    FTP:tcp:21:21:0.0.0.0/0
    SSH:tcp:22:22:0.0.0.0/0
    HTTPS:tcp:443:443:0.0.0.0/0
    HTTP:tcp:80:80:0.0.0.0/0

    vsftpd.conf:
    Code:
    $ cat /etc/vsftpd.conf
    # Example config file /etc/vsftpd.conf
    #
    # The default compiled in settings are fairly paranoid. This sample file
    # loosens things up a bit, to make the ftp daemon more usable.
    # Please see vsftpd.conf.5 for all compiled in defaults.
    #
    # READ THIS: This example file is NOT an exhaustive list of vsftpd options.
    # Please read the vsftpd.conf.5 manual page to get a full idea of vsftpd's
    # capabilities.
    #
    #
    # Run standalone?  vsftpd can run either from an inetd or as a standalone
    # daemon started from an initscript.
    listen=YES
    #listen_address=84.173.63.172
    #
    # Run standalone with IPv6?
    # Like the listen parameter, except vsftpd will listen on an IPv6 socket
    # instead of an IPv4 one. This parameter and the listen parameter are mutually
    # exclusive.
    #listen_ipv6=YES
    #
    # Allow anonymous FTP? (Disabled by default)
    anonymous_enable=NO
    #
    # Uncomment this to allow local users to log in.
    local_enable=YES
    #
    # Uncomment this to enable any form of FTP write command.
    write_enable=YES
    #
    # Default umask for local users is 077. You may wish to change this to 022,
    # if your users expect that (022 is used by most other ftpd's)
    #local_umask=022
    #
    # Uncomment this to allow the anonymous FTP user to upload files. This only
    # has an effect if the above global write enable is activated. Also, you will
    # obviously need to create a directory writable by the FTP user.
    #anon_upload_enable=YES
    #
    # Uncomment this if you want the anonymous FTP user to be able to create
    # new directories.
    #anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES
    #
    # Activate directory messages - messages given to remote users when they
    # go into a certain directory.
    dirmessage_enable=YES
    #
    # If enabled, vsftpd will display directory listings with the time
    # in  your  local  time  zone.  The default is to display GMT. The
    # times returned by the MDTM FTP command are also affected by this
    # option.
    use_localtime=YES
    #
    # Activate logging of uploads/downloads.
    xferlog_enable=YES
    #
    # Make sure PORT transfer connections originate from port 20 (ftp-data).
    connect_from_port_20=YES
    #
    # If you want, you can arrange for uploaded anonymous files to be owned by
    # a different user. Note! Using "root" for uploaded files is not
    # recommended!
    #chown_uploads=YES
    #chown_username=whoever
    #
    # You may override where the log file goes if you like. The default is shown
    # below.
    xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log
    #
    # If you want, you can have your log file in standard ftpd xferlog format.
    # Note that the default log file location is /var/log/xferlog in this case.
    #xferlog_std_format=YES
    #
    # You may change the default value for timing out an idle session.
    idle_session_timeout=600
    #
    # You may change the default value for timing out a data connection.
    data_connection_timeout=120
    #
    # It is recommended that you define on your system a unique user which the
    # ftp server can use as a totally isolated and unprivileged user.
    #nopriv_user=ftpsecure
    #
    # Enable this and the server will recognise asynchronous ABOR requests. Not
    # recommended for security (the code is non-trivial). Not enabling it,
    # however, may confuse older FTP clients.
    #async_abor_enable=YES
    #
    # By default the server will pretend to allow ASCII mode but in fact ignore
    # the request. Turn on the below options to have the server actually do ASCII
    # mangling on files when in ASCII mode.
    # Beware that on some FTP servers, ASCII support allows a denial of service
    # attack (DoS) via the command "SIZE /big/file" in ASCII mode. vsftpd
    # predicted this attack and has always been safe, reporting the size of the
    # raw file.
    # ASCII mangling is a horrible feature of the protocol.
    #ascii_upload_enable=YES
    #ascii_download_enable=YES
    #
    # You may fully customise the login banner string:
    #ftpd_banner=Welcome to blah FTP service.
    #
    # You may specify a file of disallowed anonymous e-mail addresses. Apparently
    # useful for combatting certain DoS attacks.
    #deny_email_enable=YES
    # (default follows)
    #banned_email_file=/etc/vsftpd.banned_emails
    #
    # You may restrict local users to their home directories.  See the FAQ for
    # the possible risks in this before using chroot_local_user or
    # chroot_list_enable below.
    chroot_local_user=YES
    #
    # You may specify an explicit list of local users to chroot() to their home
    # directory. If chroot_local_user is YES, then this list becomes a list of
    # users to NOT chroot().
    #chroot_local_user=YES
    chroot_list_enable=NO
    # (default follows)
    #chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list
    #
    # You may activate the "-R" option to the builtin ls. This is disabled by
    # default to avoid remote users being able to cause excessive I/O on large
    # sites. However, some broken FTP clients such as "ncftp" and "mirror" assume
    # the presence of the "-R" option, so there is a strong case for enabling it.
    #ls_recurse_enable=YES
    #
    # Debian customization
    #
    # Some of vsftpd's settings don't fit the Debian filesystem layout by
    # default.  These settings are more Debian-friendly.
    #
    # This option should be the name of a directory which is empty.  Also, the
    # directory should not be writable by the ftp user. This directory is used
    # as a secure chroot() jail at times vsftpd does not require filesystem
    # access.
    secure_chroot_dir=/var/run/vsftpd/empty
    #
    # This string is the name of the PAM service vsftpd will use.
    pam_service_name=vsftpd
    #
    # This option specifies the location of the RSA certificate to use for SSL
    # encrypted connections.
    #rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.pem
    
    userlist_deny=NO
    userlist_enable=YES
    userlist_file=/etc/vsftpd.allowed_users
    
    
    # Show hidden files and the "." and ".." folders.
    # Useful to not write over hidden files:
    force_dot_files=YES
    
    # Hide the info about the owner (user and group) of the files.
    hide_ids=YES
    
    
    # PASV configurations
    pasv_promiscuous=YES
    pasv_enable=YES
    pasv_min_port=12000
    pasv_max_port=12100
    pasv_address=84.173.63.172

    /etc/vsftpd.allowed_users
    Code:
    fsftp


    Solution:
    Allow 12000-12100 inside Amazon Security Group Settings
    thanks to http://www.gosquared.com/liquidicity/archives/936
    Last edited by shoaibi; November 15th, 2010 at 10:44 AM. Reason: Solution Found
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    Re: VsFTPd Passive Mode Errors

    Maybe...

    Code:
    cmds_allowed=ls,pwd,dir,mkdir,rmdir,put,get,mget,prompt,cd ..,cd ~,ls –ltr
    PASV,RETR,QUIT

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