[PLUG] vsftpd login problems

[Derek Loree]

On Thu, 2005-01-20 at 16:16 -0800, Josh Orchard wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I have a client who can not ftp to my server.  I'm using vsftpd and I
> turned on the protocol logging but after he his prompted for a user
> and that returns successful my logs say he is sent the password prompt
> then it says he timesout.
> 
> He reports to me the same behavior.  Any thoughts?  I have tried the
> same user/server and such from many different host and ftp clients and
> they all worked.  He is using WS_FTP Pro, Version 8.03.  I've tried
> and older version of ws_ftp and that worked both passive and not.

Is your server by chance running a 2.6 kernel?  I had a similar problem,
changed to a 2.4 kernel and everything started working.

Good Luck,

Derek Loree