Proftpd Localhost Connection Doesn't work

[ken_yap]

What does route -n print? You should have this line, among others:

127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo

[swilson2000]

That does appear when I run that.

@ken_yap

What does route -n print? You should have this line, among others:

127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo

[tsu2]

@tsu2

Recommending another configuration option…
ProFTP is one of the FTP daemons supported by YAST.

Once ProFTP is installed, you’ll find an “FTP Server” icon in the YAST “Network Services” section. YAST should support any “typical” configuration.

According to docs I read, it’s also possible to edit the config file directly (and in non-typical setups necessary), and those edits shouldn’t be over-written automatically by YAST like many other configs.

Worked for me, I setup ProFTP in seconds a couple months ago.

Tony

Just a note to others who attempt what is described in this thread… Although I can’t argue the educational aspects of learning how to manually configure IP Tables in conjunction with installing and activating a simple ProFTP install, I highly recommend

• Install a YAST- supported FTP Server, ProFTP is one such app
• Don’t manually configure ProFTP, just click on YAST > FTP Server
• Step through the various tabs filling in the fields.

The only non-default customization I did was to specify a different FTP virtual root, and the Server was up and running within 5 minutes (after a 5 minute ProFTP install using YAST). No fuss, no muss. Just another 10 minutes of testing to verify security controls were working, locked down and not vulnerable to typical exploits.

Tony