On Sat, 04 Jul 2015 13:55:36 +1000
Alexis <flexibe...@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> bri...@aracnet.com writes:
> 
> > just to recap.  machine 1 :firewall. i can ftp into machine 2 
> > machine 2: no firewall. i cannot ftp into machine 1
> >
> > i tried the iptables commands as you explained above, and still 
> > get connection refused.
> >
> > here's the really interesting part.
> >
> > when logged in on machine 1. 
> >   ftp localhost: works ftp machine1: connection refused
> 
> In my experience, "connection refused" can indicate that there's 
> nothing actually listening on the port to which one is trying to 
> connect. Perhaps try running netstat(8) on machine1, e.g.:
> 
>     $ netstat -altp
> 
> to check that vsftpd is indeed listening on the relevant 
> port(s). If it's not, check vsftpd logs to see whether it produced 
> any errors or warning on startup, and check your vsftpd 
> configuration accordingly.
> 
> 
> Alexis.
> 
> 
machine1

tcp6       0      0 [::]:ftp                [::]:*                  LISTEN      
29400/vsftpd

machine2
tcp6       0      0 [::]:ftp                [::]:*                  LISTEN      
707/vsftpd

Looks good.  Thanks for the suggestion.

Brian


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