in regard to is my firewall on or iptables
I think firewall and iptables are OFF.
but ... maybe I am wrong
here is this - which I think* proves FW / iptables is not part of the situation
systemctl disable firewalld
[pps@mixer ~]$ systemctl status firewalld
● firewalld.service - firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/firewalld.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
Oct 14 15:43:37 mixer.theppsgroup systemd[1]: Stopped firewalld - dynamic firew....
Oct 14 17:29:56 mixer.theppsgroup systemd[1]: Stopped firewalld - dynamic firew....
Oct 14 17:31:27 mixer.theppsgroup systemd[1]: Stopped firewalld - dynamic firew....
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.
[root@mixer pps]# service iptables stop
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl stop iptables.service
Failed to stop iptables.service: Unit iptables.service not loaded.
[root@mixer pps]#
I am wondering if ... it could be something regarding chroot - or - passive vs active ftp
I think vsftp is configured to use active mode by default
could it be that i need to
http://www.itzgeek.com/how-tos/linux...nd-winscp.html
Configure FTP server in passive mode:
In this case, you do not require to modify FileZilla. Change vsftp transfer mode from active to passive, edit the configuration file of ftp server
# vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
Add the following lines at the end of the file.
pasv_enable=Yes
pasv_max_port=40000
pasv_min_port=40000
Restart the service.
# systemctl restart vsftpd.service
and then I poke hole in my pix515e firewall
for 40000
-????? maybe I will try that.
also i am thinking having the Servers iptables & firewall OFF is ok... it is behind a cisco pix515e firewall
but--- i would be happy to hear from others who might have wisdom.
thnks!
jims