Pasv FTP Troubles

carmstrong · 05-14-2004, 08:44 PM

Hello everyone. It seems that when connecting to an FTP server, either via apt-get or simply the ftp client, I get the error:

Code:

Failed to fetch <FTP URL to a file> Could not connect passive socket.

What should I do to remedy this error? Thanks!

ToniT · 05-14-2004, 08:49 PM

Is there a firewall and/or nat between you and the destination?
If there is, either fix the firewall to allow normal ftp connections or set the client to use passive mode.

carmstrong · 05-14-2004, 09:12 PM

Nope, there's none at all. Iptables is allow for input, output and forward. I have no idea what's suddenly causing this, as it's worked fine before.

Thanks.

zaphodiv · 05-15-2004, 06:54 AM

It is possible that it is a misconfiguration at the ftp server end.

carmstrong · 05-15-2004, 03:09 PM

It's possible but this happens to any FTP server I connect to. Any other ideas?