[Zope] FTP server hangs on ls, put, get, ...

[Paul Winkler]

On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 09:21:25AM -0400, Ian Beatty wrote:
> Greetings.
> 
> I've got a Zope installation that doesn't seem to want to do FTP. I can open
> a FTP connection to the server -- the authentication dialog goes okay -- and
> I can cd and pwd, but if I try to transfer any data (ls, put, get, etc.),
> the server seems to hang and eventually time out, terminating the
> connection.
> 
> I can successfully FTP to other Zope servers. I've restarted Zope. I've
> tried connecting from several different client machines, and from different
> FTP client programs, and I get the same behavior each time. So, it seems to
> be something about that particular server (Zope 2.6.1 on Red Hat Linux 8).
> 
> Anybody got any insightful advice or suggestions?

Is the server behind a firewall?
I've never been able to get ftp working through a firewall.

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