vsFtp on port other than port 21?

txGeek · 12-03-2002, 08:51 AM

I have vsFtp up and running on my Redhat 8.0 system. My broadband connection blocks port 21, and even though I can use my router to convert some other port to 21 for the local system, some apps don't seem to work too well with it. Is there a way to run vsFtp on a port other than port 21? I can't find the documentation for vsFtp that lists the various configuration parameters or I would have rtfm

Thanks for any help in advance.

starheart · 12-04-2002, 10:15 PM

You will need to figure out which port you want to run it on. Then you either need to look up the name assigned to that port in /etc/services or add a line with a name to /etc/services. Then edit /etc/xinetd.d/vsftpd and change "service ftp" to "service nameofportyoupicked". Then restart xinetd with service xinetd restart.