Using Passive FTP with ProFTPD

1. Edit your ProFTPD configuration file.

vi /usr/local/etc/proftpd.conf


2. Add the following lines anywhere within the section:


# Restrict the range of ports from which the server will select when
# sent the PASV command from a client. Use IANA-registered
# ephemeral port range of 49152-65534
PassivePorts 49152 65534



3. If you are running ProFTPD in standalone mode, restart ProFTPD. No further action is necessary if ProFTPD is called via inetd or xinetd.

Note: You may need to modify the IP Filter ruleset to allow passive FTP connections by allowing incoming traffic to the port range.