Hi all,
I’m trying to use ftp in passive mode. Authentication is OK over TLS/SSL, but command LIST ends with timeout.
I have checked firewall log on server and it seems that pure-ftpd doesn’t obey defined PassivePortRange 35000 36000.
Configuration seems correct (checked both in /etc/pure-ftpd/pure-ftpd.conf and yast).
I’m using OpenSUSE 11.1 64 bit, pure-ftpd is 1.0.21
How to persuade pure-ftpd to use defined port range?
Thank you for support,
H99
Looks like this bug has been reported already:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465954
and the patch is already in the update repo.
zypper se pure-ftpd
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Reading installed packages…S | Name | Summary | Type
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| pure-ftpd | A Lightweight, Fast, and Secure FTP Server | package
| pure-ftpd | A Lightweight, Fast, and Secure FTP Server | srcpackage
| pure-ftpd | pure-ftpd: fix to honor PassivePortRange in /etc/pure-ftpd.conf | patch
Hi, I had the same problem. As a first you’ve got to set the portrange in the pure-ftpd.conf file like you already did. Next to that you’ve got to open those ports in your computers firewall as well. In your case 35000 to 36000.
Greetsz, Superdude
Hi,
thanks a lot for info.
I think I’m already using the latest version - both installed and available versions are 1.0.21-182.32.1 (repo for updates is http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.1/, using yast)… nothing newer appears in my Online updates…
Ports are opened on the firewall 
Check whether the generation of the running config file puts -p35000:36000 in the pure-ftpd command line as explained in the bug report. If not you may have to rerun the config, or something. Also check for silly spelling errors. I see that according to the bug report the required syntax is 35000:36000 but you seem to have used a space.
You are right, my syntax is wrong… I have overlooked it in the patch description.
Everything works fine now.
Thanks!