I just installed Pure-FTPD. I can start the server just fine. I can connect to it locally just fine and browse through it just fine. But whenever i get on my home computer, i can connect to it, but it just sits there trying to list the directory and eventually timesout. Here is the log:

My first problem was that i was behind a router and a firewall. So i had to tell my client to use passive mode. So now, i can connect, but it wont list the directory. I'm stumped. Does anyone know what is causing this? Thanks for any help you can provide.

-Mr.K

habitually, if you can't list directory, it's because you're using Active mode and that your firewall/router/provider deny it.

Are you SURE you turned off the "active mode" feature in your ftp client?

Try to connect then type netstat -a on the client (no matter what's the OS, windoze have this command too, since Micro$oft copyied the BSD code) and post the output here.

I got it working last night. I put my server into the dmz and deleted all the port forwards for the machine. I then told pureftpd to start normally without any options. I tried to connect to it, and i succeeded. I was then able to turn passive mode off and connect. I then took the server out of the dmz and put a port forward to forward any request on port 21 to the machine and everything works. I'm not quite sure what i did, but it works now. Thanks for your help though!

-Mr.K