Configuring ProFTPD for passive mode

Hello,
I am running ProFTP on my Fedora Core 2 system. I am behind a
router/firewall and I have only ports 21, 22, and 80 open. If I
wanted ProFTP to work when clients connect in passive FTP transfer
mode, what would I have to do? Would there be some ProFTP settings to
alter? I would like to open as few ports as possible on the firewall.

THanks for all your help, - Dave


D. Alvarado

On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 17:51:12 -0700, D. Alvarado wrote:

> Hello,
> I am running ProFTP on my Fedora Core 2 system. I am behind a
> router/firewall and I have only ports 21, 22, and 80 open. If I
> wanted ProFTP to work when clients connect in passive FTP transfer
> mode, what would I have to do? Would there be some ProFTP settings to
> alter? I would like to open as few ports as possible on the firewall.
>
> THanks for all your help, - Dave

Use this in the proftpd.conf file;

PassivePorts xxxxx yyyyy

Make sure you have a firewall rule that directs port xxxxx - yyyyy to the
IP of your FTP server.

The ports you use for PASV connection should be in the high range. I use
49150 - 49300.