[NCLUG] how to I permit a user to use FTP?

[Sean Reifschneider]

On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 12:49:39PM -0700, Quent Johnson wrote:
>Those firewall settings are for inbound connections to those services,
>right? Without knowing all the details, I'm guessing that if you set
>your ftp client to use 'passive' mode, it will work.

Or, edit /etc/sysconfig/iptables-config and in the IPTABLES_MODULES line
add "ip_conntrack_ftp" and run "service iptables restart".  That will load
the FTP connection-tracking module, which does the magic for understanding
FTP active mode.

Thanks,
Sean
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