FTP help

blmack44 · 12-29-2004, 06:13 PM

I recently became the proud steward of a local network of RH linux boxes consisting of 3 servers behind a shorewall firewall.

I can ftp from my machine (external to that network) to any of the boxes but if I open a session on a box on that network configuration and attempt to ftp to other boxes on the local network: Connection refused.

I'm a programmer rather than a linux admin (obviously)--can someone please point me in the right direction to enable ftp between the boxes on the local network.

Thanks!

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amfoster · 12-29-2004, 07:34 PM

That's about the stgrangest thing, unless there are some firewall rules preventing you from using ftp on the local network. run iptables -L and see if you see a firewall rule. Better yet, do not use ftp. Instead, use sftp which is part of the ssh package. You can make that passwordless if you want. Be advised! your username and password does go across the network in plain text. That won't happen with sftp or scp.