Changing the default port 21 for vsftpd?

**TVScoundrel** · January 29th, 2004, 01:29 PM

Hi readers....

I have a problem with my internet provider. They block all ports
<1024 with exception of port 25 for smtp.

My provider advised me to use a different port for FTP but I have
no idea how to change it.

/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf does not provide any entry except for:

connect_from_port_20=YES

but this does not specify which port to use instead.

Then I tried changing the /etc/services file to redefine the ports
for ftp from 20 to 8020 and from 21 to 8021

Changed

connect_from_port_20=NO

But to no avail, still connecting on port 21
8021 grants no connection... Isn't even found.

Any one of you out there that have a solution?

**RobRich** · January 29th, 2004, 01:52 PM

You need to specify the ftp_data_port variable. More information is available here....

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/e...-vsftpd-conf.h

Hope this helps,
Robert Richmond

**TVScoundrel** · January 29th, 2004, 07:43 PM

Wow quick response!!!

Thanks dude... But the page is expired apparently so can't find the info there either...

Searched on the redhat site though... found nothing.
But maybe it is the way I'm searching that's wrong...

anywayz... anything else I might try?

**RobRich** · January 29th, 2004, 09:02 PM

The link became truncated for some reason. Here it is, correctly formatted this time...

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/e...ftpd-conf.html

---
connect_from_port_20=YES
ftp_data_port=X
---

X = the port number

**TVScoundrel** · January 30th, 2004, 04:32 AM

Yeah,

I'm allready very happy I have registered on this forum.

Thanks RobRich!!

**TVScoundrel** · January 30th, 2004, 06:08 AM

For everyone with the same problem....

The exact solution to this problem:

in /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

connect_from_port_20=NO
ftp_data_port=8020
listen_port=8021

And it should work... It does for me!

Cheers,
Scoundrel.