Seems that problems want to multiply.
I tried to use ftp to copy files between machines. I thought these
machines would copy, even had filezilla configured, but something
broke. ping confirms that I have correct names.ftp returns
"connection refused" I looked at my old notes. vsftpd is installed
and running. I even did a restart just to be sure.
Wow, ftp. I thought *I* was a stubborn devotee of the antiquated.
Well, first, check to see if you can get a connection right there on
the server host:
[***@linuxmafia]
~ $ ftp localhost
Connected to localhost.
220 (vsFTPd 2.0.5)
Name (localhost:rick): ftp
530 Please login with USER and PASS.
530 Please login with USER and PASS.
SSL not available
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> ls pub
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
150 Here comes the directory listing.
drwxr-sr-x 5 0 0 1024 Sep 16 2009 SMOF-BBS
drwxr-xr-x 2 0 0 1024 Jan 15 2010 hardware
drwxr-xr-x 3 1000 1000 16384 Nov 16 22:41 humour
drwxr-sr-x 2 0 0 1024 Sep 19 2017 java
drwxrwsr-x 18 0 0 1024 Nov 06 2013 jordan
drwxr-xr-x 15 0 0 1024 Jan 10 2012 linux
drwxr-xr-x 2 0 0 1024 Dec 09 2003 macintosh-os
drwxr-xr-x 3 0 0 1024 Dec 12 2003 ms-dos
drwxr-xr-x 6 0 0 1024 Sep 24 2016 ms-windows
drwxr-sr-x 2 0 0 1024 Dec 03 2002 netware
drwxr-xr-x 4 0 0 1024 Jun 13 2000 os2
drwxr-sr-x 6 0 0 7168 Jul 17 2008 palmos
drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 1000 2048 Sep 19 2017 rick-moen-soundfiles
drwxrwsr-x 7 0 0 1024 Dec 19 2015 skeptic
226 Directory send OK.
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.
[***@linuxmafia]
~ $
Do you get that? If not, maybe you have a problem with vsftpd, or with
firewalling, or with hostaccess files (/etc/hosts.deny,
/etc/hosts.allow).
FWIW, for some decades, I've supported ftp only for _anonymous_ access,
because allowing real credentials to be transmitted in plaintext across
(most) networks no longer seems a reasonable risk, now that we have
adequate alternatives -- such as scp and sftp.
Which I'd encourage you to use for any non-anonymous file transfers.