Abd El-Hameed Ayad wrote: > One of the servers is vsftpd & the other is pure-ftpd > if i logged to server running vsftpd and tried to download any file, i > can do that without problems regardless the size of the file. > But if i logged to the server running pure-ftpd & tried to upload the > same file, i get the time out message "Note here: The timeout always > happens after the file completely uploaded, the ftp client hangs then > gives the timeout message " > > Also, If i logged to the server running pure-ftpd, i can use ftp > command to download any file from vsftpd server but i can't upload the > same file back to the server if this file size is big > > Do you think that i should edit the configuration file for pure-ftd or > vsftpd? If yes, Which parameter i should change > > Thank you for your concern. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: William A. Mahaffey III > To: CentOS mailing list > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 3:32 PM > Subject: Re: [CentOS] FTP timout > > > Abd El-Hameed Ayad wrote: > Hi all, > I have 2 CentOS 3.5 boxes & i do backups on the LAN > Recently, I always get FTP timout error with large files "700 MB and > more" . > > i tried to log and do manual backup with FTP command and i also got > the same result "FTP timeout" > > i tried to google and i did > # modprobe ip_conntrack_ftp > but still get the same timeout message > > Any one can help??? > > Hameed > > 'man ftpd' at a shell prompt should point you to the ftpd > configuration file where that timeout can be reset. Might be 'wsftpd' > or some other name, try 'apropos ftp' at a shell prompt to get a list > of available man entries on ftp/ftpd/etc. YMMV, HTH, & all that :-). > > I am not familiar with the vaguaries of vsftpd or pure-ftpd, however the man pages on those services *should* have the info you need. If you are getting the time-out from the vsftpd server (upload or download), that is the one you need to tinker with. -- William A. Mahaffey III --------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember, ignorance is bliss, but willful ignorance is LIBERALISM !!!!