can't connect to vsftpd from outside network
- by rick
i know this has been asked many times before, but nothing seems to resolve my issue.
i have vsftpd running on ubuntu 10.04. i can connect with ftp localhost on the machine. i can connect from another machine in my network. i just cannot connect from outside. the machine is behind an airport extreme managed by airport utility on a mac.
21 is open as per nmap:
macmini:~$ nmap localhost
Starting Nmap 5.21 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2011-04-10 23:49 EDT
Nmap scan report for localhost (127.0.0.1)
Host is up (0.00045s latency).
Hostname localhost resolves to 2 IPs. Only scanned 127.0.0.1
rDNS record for 127.0.0.1: localhost.localdomain
Not shown: 997 closed ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
21/tcp open ftp
22/tcp open ssh
631/tcp open ipp
netstat says 21 is listening:
macmini:~$ netstat -lep --tcp | grep ftp
(Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info
will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.)
tcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* LISTEN
iptables:
macmini:~$ sudo iptables -L
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
when i try to connect from my external IP (or a dyndns name which resolves there) it times out. ("control connection timed out")
as i know very little about networking, i feel like something may jump out as clearly wrong?
