Well, Probably has to do with active / passive mode FTP. You need a few lines in the iptables to allow the passive ports, and then you also need the _pasv config lines in the vsftpd.conf file... Shane. ---------------- /etc/sysconfig/iptables ... -A RH-Lokkit-0-50-INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 21 --tcp-flags SYN,RST,ACK SYN -j ACCEPT -A RH-Lokkit-0-50-INPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 21 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Lokkit-0-50-INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 49152:65534 --tcp-flags SYN,RST,ACK SYN -j ACCEPT ----------------- part of my centos config for vsftp -------- anonymous_enable=YES listen=yes listen_address=1.2.3.4 dual_log_enable=yes background=yes hide_ids=yes ftp_username=ftpcentos one_process_model=yes session_support=no connect_from_port_20=YES setproctitle_enable=YES max_clients=700 max_per_ip=2 banner_file=/etc/vsftpd.banner pasv_max_port=65534 pasv_min_port=49152 On Wed, 1 Aug 2007, Joseph, John wrote: > Hello, > > I am currently working on setting up a new mirror, I have started the > rsync and it appears to be working you can find the site at > http://70.168.40.244/CentOS/ I am working on the ftp but for some reason > it will not let windows explorer connect from the browser only if I use > a FTP program... > > I was wondering if someone could help??? I'm using vsftpd and I have > anonymous_enable=YES > anon_root=/var/ftp/CentOS/ > dirlist_enable=YES > no_anon_password=yes > > > > -- > Thank you, > John Joseph > Computer/Network/Phone Technician > Lakewood Board of Education > http://www.lakewoodcityschools.org/it/ > > >