[techtalk] Debian/proftpd problems... AGAIN

[J-Mag Guthrie]

On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Kath wrote:

> Yes I've run portscans on it and FTP is open.
> 
> >From the box I can FTP into itself easily.
> 
> Its just FTPing from the box when in Windows which is the problem.
> 
> Could it be that the machine is trying to do a DNS lookup on the IP address
> and can't when the Windows box is running?  Thats the only thing I can think of.

What are you seeing in the log files on the Debian box when you are
unsuccessfully trying to ftp?

If it happened here, I would first check that the forward/reverse DNS
(and what the 'doze box thought it's hostname was) all matched.

> > > The issue is that when the Win98/Mandrake box is running the proxy, it cannot
> > > ftp into the Debian box.  I can ping and use WWW, but when I try to access ftp,
> > > I connect but don't get to login and I guess the connection timesout or is
> > > dropped.  But when the Win98/Mandrake box is in Mandrake and running ipmasq, I
> > > can ftp/ssh/www.  
> > > 
> > > Any ideas?  This is really bugging me.  This problem does not occur when the
> > > Debian box was running Mandrake.

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