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colbert

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Registered: 2007-12-16

Posts: 809

How to make my own ftp?

Probably quite the silly question, but I have my own web server set up and running fine. I'm curious how to make my own FTP? Currently I have No-IP resolving my IP so I can access my home server externally, if this matters in this case.

TIA

FreakGuard

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Registered: 2008-04-27

Posts: 103

Re: How to make my own ftp?

I'm using www.dyndns.com for a hostname and vsftpd as ftp-daemon.

colbert

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Registered: 2007-12-16

Posts: 809

Re: How to make my own ftp?

Thanks Freakguard, I just installed vsftpd via the Arch wiki and it appears to have gone well, but what is the host I use to connect? I tried ftp.192.168.x.x for my IP, as well as ftp.192.168.x.x:22, but couldn't get it going.

addox

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From: Leeds, UK

Registered: 2008-08-06

Posts: 6

Re: How to make my own ftp?

You should be able to connect using a link like  ftp://whatever.no-ip.org/  from any computer. If that doesn't work you may not have port forwarding setup properly on your router or your /etc/hosts.deny is blocking access.

colbert

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Registered: 2007-12-16

Posts: 809

Re: How to make my own ftp?

Okay in my hosts.deny I have:

#
# /etc/hosts.deny
#
 
#ALL: ALL: DENY

# End of file

And I added "vsftpd: ALL" to my hosts.allow. I tried my url and it doesn't connect. I tried in FireFTP in Firefox and it says unable to make connection. I just tried Gftp and it said:

Trying 192.168.1.100:20
Cannot connect to 192.168.1.100: Connection refused
Waiting 30 seconds until trying to connect again

SiB

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Registered: 2008-07-03

Posts: 38

Re: How to make my own ftp?

Try connecting on port 21.

colbert

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Registered: 2007-12-16

Posts: 809

Re: How to make my own ftp?

Thanks SiB! Works! Why in the vsftpd.conf does it say:

# Make sure PORT transfer connections originate from port 20 (ftp-data).
connect_from_port_20=YES

Of course I must be misunderstanding the usage of this port?

Thanks again!!

EDIT: What is a good CLI ftp app?? I'd like to keep it in screen.

Last edited by colbert (2008-08-06 01:11:46)

SiB

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Registered: 2008-07-03

Posts: 38

Re: How to make my own ftp?

Thanks SiB! Works! Why in the vsftpd.conf does it say:

# Make sure PORT transfer connections originate from port 20 (ftp-data).
connect_from_port_20=YES

Of course I must be misunderstanding the usage of this port?

Thanks again!!

EDIT: What is a good CLI ftp app?? I'd like to keep it in screen.

#1 I guess the FTP protocol use port 21 to connect and the neighboring port 20 to transfer data. Only a wild guess !

#2 The old netkit-ftp client is okay in cli, you could also try ncftp.

colbert

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Registered: 2007-12-16

Posts: 809

Re: How to make my own ftp?

Thank you so much SiB! ncftp works like a charm, brilliant little program too!