FTP Security Violation

[tording99z28]

Hey guys. I am running Freenas 9.2 and I am trying to use FTP to share some files with a friend of mine. When I am doing testing locally and when he is trying to connect to my ftp server in freenas using a web url like ftp://

This is the error I am getting. It doesn't happen all the time. SECURITY VIOLATION: Passive connection from host rejected.

What does this mean? How can I fix it?

 

[Yatti420]

Don't use a passive connection.. I wouldn't use unprotected ftp.. Why not use sftp? I'm confused are you using the command line or an actual FTP program on a client computer to connect to freenas box?

 

[tording99z28]

Just using a browser and putting ftp://Ipaddress into a browser. The person I am trying to help out is not computer savy at all and will not know how to go download an ftp program. I just want to be able to send them a link that they click on and it opens up in a browser. It works sometimes and I can download but other times I get the security violation error. I found some information about proftpd that there is a line about allowing foreign connections but everytime I change it to yes freenas puts it back to no.

 

[Yatti420]

Working half the time seems odd.. Are you running 9.2.0 stable? Are you using home directories etc?

 

[Dusan]

I found some information about proftpd that there is a line about allowing foreign connections but everytime I change it to yes freenas puts it back to no.

You should not directly edit the proftpd.conf file. Use the Auxiliary parameters field in the Advanced section of FTP Settings.