Noone can access ftp server

Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 21

I've setup the ftp server (slimftp) and I can connect to it with a ftp client via 127.0.0.1 on port 21 and 1100 (one i made up to see if my isp blocks 21); but noone including myself can connect to it with the IP or the address ftp.evilweavil.com. My firewall and router are both setup to forward and allow connections on these ports. What should I try now?

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 1:34 am

see if you have anything listening on
0.0.0.0:21 or 127.0.0.1:21

if not then try and start it through A2T's CP http://localhost/apache2triadcp/ (or start->run->services.msc

if nothing is listening on port 21 and you try and start it but slimftp failes then check your config.

also I assume the address your trying is ftp://evilweavil.com and not ftp.evilweavil.com.

Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 21

ok now when i type in ftp://evilweavil.com:1100 it will try to connect to me on port 1100 since that is the ftp port i opened. Now I get this error mesage:

No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it

but still with 127.0.0.1 i can login to the ftp server fine.

I even tried turning off the firewall and it didnt help.

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 4:46 pm

(sorry forgot to post it earlier.)

Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 21

0.0.0.0:1100 listening

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 10:32 am

check slimftpd.log to see if you are getting any connection attempts, if you are not getting connection attempts 1 of 2 things, port 21 is blocked, program not running. if you are getting connection attempts then the logs will tell you why you cant log in.

Unlike apache, there are very few things that can go wrong with slimftp ....

Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 21

with firewall disabled

lead developer Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 1539

fsockopen(): unable to connect to ftp.evilweavil.com:1100
Port 1100 does not appear to be open.

you say slimftpd.exe listens on 0.0.0.0:1100
are you sure ? how did you determine this ? because you seem to be wrong

btw you might want to use totalcommander as a ftp client in order to get a actual log of the ftp connection (wincmd\ftplog.log)

Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 21

see if you have anything listening on
0.0.0.0:21 or 127.0.0.1:21

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 10:26 pm

When I used to use slimftp, I had a problem with the config file. I had one user set wrong, and every user after it wouldn't work, but every user before would.

I fixed the error, and then everybody work.

My suggestion, check the config. If that is good then re-verify that your firewall settings.

Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 21

**Edit**

Ok I downloaded and installed Nofeel FTP Server and I get the same problem with that... Oddly enough I can disable XP's firewall, Nortrons firewall, McAfee's spamkiller and antiviruse and still cannot login with anything other then 127.0.0.1. It can't be a router issue becuase I know alot about my router and I know everything is forwarded correctly.

lead developer Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 1539

you guys are so good at it it seems you could go on like this forever , no offence

can you not hear me that a connection can not be made on port 1100 to ftp.evilweavil.com

if the server is answering at that port the connection is obviously blocked or not forwarded

Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 21

How could it be if; 1 xp firewall is off, 2 norton is off, and 3 the ports are forwarded. Cmd says the ports are listening and since i've had this problem with a gameserver the feature Block WAN Request in the router is turned off. So in other words, theres NO reason it shouldn't work.

lead developer Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 1539

there is allways a reason , the fact that it does not work proves it

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 10:46 am

Alex is right, there is always a reason for something.