So I can see that I'm connecting via FTP on the Synchronet Control Panel; but this is what I get for an error.

Error 0x8007274c
A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.

Any suggestions.

BTW I'm running Windows NT Version 10.0.
Zeus- Sysop Of The First Responder BBS

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So I can see that I'm connecting via FTP on the Synchronet Control Panel; but this is what I get for an error.

Error 0x8007274c
A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.

Any suggestions.

BTW I'm running Windows NT Version 10.0.
Zeus- Sysop Of The First Responder BBS

and getting this error also:

550 00index.html: No such file or directory.
Zeus- Sysop Of The First Responder BBS

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Re: Re: FTP
By: Zeus to Zeus on Wed Dec 07 2016 10:00 pm

So I can see that I'm connecting via FTP on the Synchronet Control Panel; but this is what I get for an error.

Error 0x8007274c
A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.

Any suggestions.

BTW I'm running Windows NT Version 10.0.
Zeus- Sysop Of The First Responder BBS

and getting this error also:

550 00index.html: No such file or directory.

Please elaborate. You those errors when you do what? Are you using the Windows command-line ftp client (ftp.exe) or a web browser or what? Where do you see these errors exactly? Do you see the connections and activity in the Synchronet FTP server window/log output?

digital man

Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #52:
UART = Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
Norco, CA WX: 49.6øF, 91.0% humidity, 0 mph WNW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs ---
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Re: Re: FTP
By: Zeus to Zeus on Wed Dec 07 2016 10:00 pm

So I can see that I'm connecting via FTP on the Synchronet Control Panel; but this is what I get for an error.

Error 0x8007274c
A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.

Any suggestions.

BTW I'm running Windows NT Version 10.0.
Zeus- Sysop Of The First Responder BBS

and getting this error also:

550 00index.html: No such file or directory.

Please elaborate. You those errors when you do what? Are you using the Windows command-line ftp client (ftp.exe) or a web browser or what? Where do you see these errors exactly? Do you see the connections and activity in the Synchronet FTP server window/log output?

digital man

Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #52:
UART = Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
Norco, CA WX: 49.6øF, 91.0% humidity, 0 mph WNW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs

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þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ telnet://vert.synchro.net

When I use an FTP client for example SmartFTP and try to FTP to my BBS using the correct port I get the error.

Here is what my console captures.
12/8 07:28:44p 1016 FTP Server listening on port 21
12/8 07:28:44p 1016 FTP Server thread started
12/8 07:32:27p 2008 CTRL connection accepted from: 206.53.75.206 port 50361
12/8 07:32:28p 2008 Hostname: 206-53-75-206.dhcp.mnt.ct.atlanticbb.net
12/8 07:32:28p 2008 Zeus logged in (1 today, 119 total)
12/8 07:32:28p 2008 PASV DATA IP address in response: 184.168.221.6 (subject to NAT)
12/8 07:32:28p 2008 Zeus listing: root in passive mode
12/8 07:32:58p 2008 !PASV select returned 0 (error: 0)
12/8 07:32:58p 2008 PASV DATA IP address in response: 184.168.221.6 (subject to NAT)
12/8 07:32:58p 2008 Zeus listing: root in passive mode
12/8 07:33:28p 2008 !PASV select returned 0 (error: 0)
12/8 07:33:28p 2008 Socket closed by peer on receive (line 1156)
12/8 07:33:28p 2008 Zeus logged off
12/8 07:33:29p 2008 CTRL thread terminated (0 clients and 1 threads
remain, 1 served)


When I use firefox and type in ftp://206.53.75.206/

The connection has timed out

The server at 206.53.75.206 is taking too long to respond.

The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments.
If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer’s network connection.
If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

The console looks like this for FTP in firefox:
12/8 07:37:16p 1684 PASV DATA IP address in response: 184.168.221.6
(subject to NAT)
12/8 07:37:16p 1684 Guest listing: root in passive mode
12/8 07:37:46p 1684 !PASV select returned 0 (error: 0)
12/8 07:37:46p 1684 Socket closed by peer on receive (line 1156)
12/8 07:37:46p 1684 Guest logged off
12/8 07:37:46p 1684 CTRL thread terminated (0 clients and 1 threads
remain, 3 served)

Zeus- Sysop Of The First Responder BBS

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Re: Re: FTP
By: Zeus to Digital Man on Thu Dec 08 2016 07:38 pm

Re: Re: FTP
By: Zeus to Zeus on Wed Dec 07 2016 10:00 pm

So I can see that I'm connecting via FTP on the Synchronet Control Panel; but this is what I get for an error.

Error 0x8007274c
A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.

Any suggestions.

BTW I'm running Windows NT Version 10.0.
Zeus- Sysop Of The First Responder BBS

and getting this error also:

550 00index.html: No such file or directory.

Please elaborate. You those errors when you do what? Are you using the Windows command-line ftp client (ftp.exe) or a web browser or what? Where do you see these errors exactly? Do you see the connections and activity in the Synchronet FTP server window/log output?

digital man

Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #52:
UART = Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
Norco, CA WX: 49.6øF, 91.0% humidity, 0 mph WNW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs

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þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ telnet://vert.synchro.net

When I use an FTP client for example SmartFTP and try to FTP to my BBS using the correct port I get the error.

Here is what my console captures.
12/8 07:28:44p 1016 FTP Server listening on port 21
12/8 07:28:44p 1016 FTP Server thread started
12/8 07:32:27p 2008 CTRL connection accepted from: 206.53.75.206 port 50361
12/8 07:32:28p 2008 Hostname: 206-53-75-206.dhcp.mnt.ct.atlanticbb.net
12/8 07:32:28p 2008 Zeus logged in (1 today, 119 total)
12/8 07:32:28p 2008 PASV DATA IP address in response: 184.168.221.6 (subject to NAT)
12/8 07:32:28p 2008 Zeus listing: root in passive mode
12/8 07:32:58p 2008 !PASV select returned 0 (error: 0)
12/8 07:32:58p 2008 PASV DATA IP address in response: 184.168.221.6 (subject to NAT)
12/8 07:32:58p 2008 Zeus listing: root in passive mode
12/8 07:33:28p 2008 !PASV select returned 0 (error: 0)
12/8 07:33:28p 2008 Socket closed by peer on receive (line 1156)
12/8 07:33:28p 2008 Zeus logged off
12/8 07:33:29p 2008 CTRL thread terminated (0 clients and 1 threads remain, 1 served)

When I use firefox and type in ftp://206.53.75.206/

The connection has timed out

The server at 206.53.75.206 is taking too long to respond.

The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments.
If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer’s network connection.
If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

The console looks like this for FTP in firefox:
12/8 07:37:16p 1684 PASV DATA IP address in response: 184.168.221.6 (subject to NAT)
12/8 07:37:16p 1684 Guest listing: root in passive mode
12/8 07:37:46p 1684 !PASV select returned 0 (error: 0)
12/8 07:37:46p 1684 Socket closed by peer on receive (line 1156)
12/8 07:37:46p 1684 Guest logged off
12/8 07:37:46p 1684 CTRL thread terminated (0 clients and 1 threads remain, 3 served)

Looks like you're only testing PASV FTP. You might have better luck with active FTP mode, but still you'll want to resolve this as PASV/passive is now the default mode for most browsers and clients.

See the FAQ for resolving your problems: http://wiki.synchro.net/faq:tcpip#ftp_nat

digital man

Synchronet "Real Fact" #45:
Synchronet External "Plain Old Telephone System" support was introduced in 2007.
Norco, CA WX: 53.7øF, 73.0% humidity, 0 mph SSE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs ---
þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ telnet://vert.synchro.net

Re: Re: FTP
By: Zeus to Digital Man on Thu Dec 08 2016 07:38 pm

Re: Re: FTP
By: Zeus to Zeus on Wed Dec 07 2016 10:00 pm

So I can see that I'm connecting via FTP on the Synchronet Control Panel; but this is what I get for an error.

Error 0x8007274c
A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.

Any suggestions.

BTW I'm running Windows NT Version 10.0.
Zeus- Sysop Of The First Responder BBS

and getting this error also:

550 00index.html: No such file or directory.

Please elaborate. You those errors when you do what? Are you using the Windows command-line ftp client (ftp.exe) or a web browser or what? Where do you see these errors exactly? Do you see the connections and activity in the Synchronet FTP server window/log output?

digital man

Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #52:
UART = Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
Norco, CA WX: 49.6øF, 91.0% humidity, 0 mph WNW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs

---
þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ telnet://vert.synchro.net

When I use an FTP client for example SmartFTP and try to FTP to my BBS using the correct port I get the error.

Here is what my console captures.
12/8 07:28:44p 1016 FTP Server listening on port 21
12/8 07:28:44p 1016 FTP Server thread started
12/8 07:32:27p 2008 CTRL connection accepted from: 206.53.75.206 port 50361
12/8 07:32:28p 2008 Hostname: 206-53-75-206.dhcp.mnt.ct.atlanticbb.net
12/8 07:32:28p 2008 Zeus logged in (1 today, 119 total)
12/8 07:32:28p 2008 PASV DATA IP address in response: 184.168.221.6 (subject to NAT)
12/8 07:32:28p 2008 Zeus listing: root in passive mode
12/8 07:32:58p 2008 !PASV select returned 0 (error: 0)
12/8 07:32:58p 2008 PASV DATA IP address in response: 184.168.221.6 (subject to NAT)
12/8 07:32:58p 2008 Zeus listing: root in passive mode
12/8 07:33:28p 2008 !PASV select returned 0 (error: 0)
12/8 07:33:28p 2008 Socket closed by peer on receive (line 1156)
12/8 07:33:28p 2008 Zeus logged off
12/8 07:33:29p 2008 CTRL thread terminated (0 clients and 1 threads remain, 1 served)

When I use firefox and type in ftp://206.53.75.206/

The connection has timed out

The server at 206.53.75.206 is taking too long to respond.

The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments.
If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer’s network connection.
If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

The console looks like this for FTP in firefox:
12/8 07:37:16p 1684 PASV DATA IP address in response: 184.168.221.6 (subject to NAT)
12/8 07:37:16p 1684 Guest listing: root in passive mode
12/8 07:37:46p 1684 !PASV select returned 0 (error: 0)
12/8 07:37:46p 1684 Socket closed by peer on receive (line 1156)
12/8 07:37:46p 1684 Guest logged off
12/8 07:37:46p 1684 CTRL thread terminated (0 clients and 1 threads remain, 3 served)

Looks like you're only testing PASV FTP. You might have better luck with active FTP mode, but still you'll want to resolve this as PASV/passive is now the default mode for most browsers and clients.

See the FAQ for resolving your problems: http://wiki.synchro.net/faq:tcpip#ftp_nat

digital man

Synchronet "Real Fact" #45:
Synchronet External "Plain Old Telephone System" support was introduced in 2007.
Norco, CA WX: 53.7øF, 73.0% humidity, 0 mph SSE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs

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þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ telnet://vert.synchro.net

Got it thank you seems to be running now. Just have to figure out now where to put files as only the root is showing.
Zeus- Sysop Of The First Responder BBS

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þ Synchronet þ First Responders BBS - firstresponderbbs.com

Re: Re: FTP
By: Zeus to Digital Man on Fri Dec 09 2016 07:39 pm

Got it thank you seems to be running now. Just have to figure out now where to put files as only the root is showing.

No sub-directories are appearing? Every directory you have configured in SCFG->File Areas should appear so long as you FTP-login with a user that has the proper access credentials for those areas.

digital man

Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #46:
SMTP = Simple Message Transfer Protocol
Norco, CA WX: 62.8øF, 74.0% humidity, 4 mph ESE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs ---
þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ telnet://vert.synchro.net

Re: Re: FTP
By: Zeus to Digital Man on Fri Dec 09 2016 07:39 pm

Got it thank you seems to be running now. Just have to figure out now where to put files as only the root is showing.

No sub-directories are appearing? Every directory you have configured in SCFG->File Areas should appear so long as you FTP-login with a user that has the proper access credentials for those areas.

digital man

Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #46:
SMTP = Simple Message Transfer Protocol
Norco, CA WX: 62.8øF, 74.0% humidity, 4 mph ESE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs

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þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ telnet://vert.synchro.net

I made is so only registered users can get to files. I don't allow guest
access to the files area at this time.
Zeus- Sysop Of The First Responder BBS

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þ Synchronet þ First Responders BBS - firstresponderbbs.com

Re: Re: FTP
By: Zeus to Digital Man on Sun Dec 11 2016 09:13 am

Re: Re: FTP
By: Zeus to Digital Man on Fri Dec 09 2016 07:39 pm

Got it thank you seems to be running now. Just have to figure out now where to put files as only the root is showing.

No sub-directories are appearing? Every directory you have configured in SCFG->File Areas should appear so long as you FTP-login with a user that has the proper access credentials for those areas.

I made is so only registered users can get to files. I don't allow guest access to the files area at this time.

That's fine. Just need to login via FTP with a valid user account (e.g. your own).

digital man

Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #52:
UART = Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
Norco, CA WX: 62.7øF, 77.0% humidity, 3 mph SE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs
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þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ telnet:

Hello everyone! is there a special setting to make the synchronet 3.17a FTP service work outside the local network? if I try to query the ftp server with
a client or a browser such as internet explorer, it does not let me see anything while I'm local.
The ports on the 20/21 firewall are open

Thank you
Thomas
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Re: FTP
By: Thomas Bampi to All on Thu Feb 22 2018 08:15 pm

Hello everyone! is there a special setting to make the synchronet 3.17a FTP service work outside the local network? if I try to query the ftp server with
a client or a browser such as internet explorer, it does not let me see anything while I'm local.
The ports on the 20/21 firewall are open

No, no special setting. If your FTP server is behind a NAT gateway (typical in routers these days), there are special considerations however: http://wiki.synchro.net/faq:tcpip#ftp_connect

digital man

Synchronet "Real Fact" #20:
Michael Swindell was directly responsible for Synchronet's commercial success. Norco, CA WX: 50.9øF, 63.0% humidity, 0 mph S wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs
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No, no special setting. If your FTP server is behind a NAT gateway (typical in routers these days), there are special considerations however: http://wiki.synchro.net/faq:tcpip#ftp_connect

Thanks Digital Man Works !!!

Thomas
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þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net

Does anyone have any ideas as to why FTP doesn't work for me in a browser? I can ftp into my server via command line 'ftp bbs.tdod.org 5021' using my name and password.

However, I'll log into my BBS via browser, then select "File Libraries" which takes me to 'ftp://bbs.tdod.org:5021/00index.html?$jnf436w2' but I keep getting a "This site can't be reached. bbs.tdod.org refuses to connect" error message.

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þ Synchronet þ The Dawn of Demise (tdod.org:5000)

Re: FTP
By: Minex to All on Thu Oct 18 2018 03:44 pm

Does anyone have any ideas as to why FTP doesn't work for me in a browser?
I can ftp into my server via command line 'ftp bbs.tdod.org 5021' using my name and password.

However, I'll log into my BBS via browser, then select "File Libraries" which takes me to 'ftp://bbs.tdod.org:5021/00index.html?$jnf436w2' but I keep getting a "This site can't be reached. bbs.tdod.org refuses to connect" error message.

Looks like your FTP server isn't working with passive mode:
$ ftp bbs.tdod.org 5021
Connected to tdod.org.
220-The Dawn of Demise Synchronet BBS (tdod.org)
Synchronet FTP Server 1.476-Linux Ready
220 Please enter your user name.
Name (bbs.tdod.org:root): anonymous
331 User name okay, give your full e-mail address as password.
Password:
230-Guest logged in.
230-You have 20725760 download credits.
230 You are allowed 240 minutes of use for this session.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.

dir

200 PORT Command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
-r--r--r-- 1 tdod tdod 512 Oct 18 22:21 00index -r--r--r-- 1 tdod tdod 512 Oct 18 22:21 00index.html -r--r--r-- 1 tdod tdod 10240 Oct 18 22:21 tdod.qwk dr-xr-xr-x 1 tdod tdod 512 Oct 18 22:21 main
226 Download complete (582 cps).

passive

Passive mode on.

dir

227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,1,16,4,0)

See that IP address there ^ (192.168.1.16)? That means you need to check this FAQ out: http://wiki.synchro.net/faq:tcpip#ftp_nat

Browsers typically use passive FTP by default, so that's why you're hitting that snag when using a browser.

digital man

Synchronet "Real Fact" #86:
Stephen and Rob have a fledgling podcast at http://techdorks.net (also iTunes). Norco, CA WX: 71.3øF, 27.0% humidity, 1 mph SSW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs ---
þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net

Re: FTP
By: Digital Man to Minex on Thu Oct 18 2018 09:24 pm

Re: FTP
By: Minex to All on Thu Oct 18 2018 03:44 pm

Does anyone have any ideas as to why FTP doesn't work for me in a browser?
I can ftp into my server via command line 'ftp bbs.tdod.org 5021' using my name and password.

However, I'll log into my BBS via browser, then select "File Libraries" which takes me to 'ftp://bbs.tdod.org:5021/00index.html?$jnf436w2' but I keep getting a "This site can't be reached. bbs.tdod.org refuses to connect" error message.

Looks like your FTP server isn't working with passive mode:
$ ftp bbs.tdod.org 5021
Connected to tdod.org.
220-The Dawn of Demise Synchronet BBS (tdod.org)
Synchronet FTP Server 1.476-Linux Ready
220 Please enter your user name.
Name (bbs.tdod.org:root): anonymous
331 User name okay, give your full e-mail address as password.
Password:
230-Guest logged in.
230-You have 20725760 download credits.
230 You are allowed 240 minutes of use for this session.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.

dir

200 PORT Command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
-r--r--r-- 1 tdod tdod 512 Oct 18 22:21 00index -r--r--r-- 1 tdod tdod 512 Oct 18 22:21 00index.html -r--r--r-- 1 tdod tdod 10240 Oct 18 22:21 tdod.qwk dr-xr-xr-x 1 tdod tdod 512 Oct 18 22:21 main
226 Download complete (582 cps).

passive

Passive mode on.

dir

227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,1,16,4,0)

See that IP address there ^ (192.168.1.16)? That means you need to check this FAQ out: http://wiki.synchro.net/faq:tcpip#ftp_nat

Browsers typically use passive FTP by default, so that's why you're hitting that snag when using a browser.

Nice. That makes sense. I ended up modifying my options to include LOOKUP_PASV_IP :

Options=INDEX_FILE | HTML_INDEX_FILE | ALLOW_QWK | LOOKUP_PASV_IP

It looks like the changes took affect :

ftp bbs.tdod.org 5021
Connected to tdod.org.
220-The Dawn of Demise Synchronet BBS (tdod.org)
Synchronet FTP Server 1.476-Linux Ready
220 Please enter your user name.
Name (bbs.tdod.org:rkinney): anonymous
331 User name okay, give your full e-mail address as password.
Password:
230-Guest logged in.
230-You have 20725760 download credits.
230 You are allowed 240 minutes of use for this session.

passive

Passive mode on.

dir

227 Entering Passive Mode (73,153,13,62,4,0)

However, I still get timeouts via the browser when hitting the URL:

ftp://bbs.tdod.org:5021/00index.html?$jng75m1q

FWIW, when I hit the internal IP address of the BBS, it works:

ftp://192.168.1.16:5021/00index.html?$jng75m1q

Hmm, I am testing this while inside my home network. I wonder if thats why ftp://bbs.tdod.org isn't working for me.

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Re: FTP
By: Minex to Digital Man on Fri Oct 19 2018 10:05 am

Re: FTP
By: Digital Man to Minex on Thu Oct 18 2018 09:24 pm

Re: FTP
By: Minex to All on Thu Oct 18 2018 03:44 pm

Does anyone have any ideas as to why FTP doesn't work for me in a browser?
I can ftp into my server via command line 'ftp bbs.tdod.org 5021' using my name and password.

However, I'll log into my BBS via browser, then select "File Libraries" which takes me to 'ftp://bbs.tdod.org:5021/00index.html?$jnf436w2' but I keep getting a "This site can't be reached. bbs.tdod.org refuses to connect" error message.

Looks like your FTP server isn't working with passive mode:
$ ftp bbs.tdod.org 5021
Connected to tdod.org.
220-The Dawn of Demise Synchronet BBS (tdod.org)
Synchronet FTP Server 1.476-Linux Ready
220 Please enter your user name.
Name (bbs.tdod.org:root): anonymous
331 User name okay, give your full e-mail address as password.
Password:
230-Guest logged in.
230-You have 20725760 download credits.
230 You are allowed 240 minutes of use for this session.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.

dir

200 PORT Command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
-r--r--r-- 1 tdod tdod 512 Oct 18 22:21 00index -r--r--r-- 1 tdod tdod 512 Oct 18 22:21 00index.html -r--r--r-- 1 tdod tdod 10240 Oct 18 22:21 tdod.qwk dr-xr-xr-x 1 tdod tdod 512 Oct 18 22:21 main
226 Download complete (582 cps).

passive

Passive mode on.

dir

227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,1,16,4,0)

See that IP address there ^ (192.168.1.16)? That means you need to check this FAQ out: http://wiki.synchro.net/faq:tcpip#ftp_nat

Browsers typically use passive FTP by default, so that's why you're hitting that snag when using a browser.

Nice. That makes sense. I ended up modifying my options to include LOOKUP_PASV_IP :

Options=INDEX_FILE | HTML_INDEX_FILE | ALLOW_QWK | LOOKUP_PASV_IP

It looks like the changes took affect :

ftp bbs.tdod.org 5021
Connected to tdod.org.
220-The Dawn of Demise Synchronet BBS (tdod.org)
Synchronet FTP Server 1.476-Linux Ready
220 Please enter your user name.
Name (bbs.tdod.org:rkinney): anonymous
331 User name okay, give your full e-mail address as password.
Password:
230-Guest logged in.
230-You have 20725760 download credits.
230 You are allowed 240 minutes of use for this session.

passive

Passive mode on.

dir

227 Entering Passive Mode (73,153,13,62,4,0)

However, I still get timeouts via the browser when hitting the URL:

ftp://bbs.tdod.org:5021/00index.html?$jng75m1q

Your firewall/gateway is likely disallowing the second incoming connection for the data port. Welcome to the hassles of FTP.

From that same FAQ:

If your firewall cannot dynamically open/forward FTP PASV data ports for incoming passive FTP data connections, you can specifiy a limited range of TCP port numbers to use for passive transfers by modifying the PasvPortLow and PasvPortHigh values in the [FTP] section of your ctrl/sbbs.ini file. You will of course need to configure your firewall device to open/forward these ports to your FTP server.

digital man

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On 10-19-18 10:05, Minex wrote to Digital Man <=-

Hmm, I am testing this while inside my home network. I wonder if thats why ftp://bbs.tdod.org isn't working for me.

Your router may not support "hairpinning". Using the external IP from within your LAN is fraught with pitfalls. :)


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Re: FTP
By: Digital Man to Minex on Fri Oct 19 2018 07:45 pm

Your firewall/gateway is likely disallowing the second incoming connection for the data port. Welcome to the hassles of FTP.

That was it! Thanks! I just went into my router and selected a range of IP's to forward to my Raspberry Pi. This was the same range of ports that I defined in the SBBS.ini file. Looks like its working now.

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Re: Re: FTP
By: Tony Langdon to Minex on Sat Oct 20 2018 06:04 pm


your signature has characters that cause display problems.
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Hi! Tony,

On 21 Oct 18 17:18, MRO wrote to you:

@TZUTC: -0500

your signature has characters that cause display problems.

This'll be good. Popcorn ready... don't hold back now.

Cheers,
Paul.

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On 10-21-18 17:18, MRO wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

@TZ: 412c
Re: Re: FTP
By: Tony Langdon to Minex on Sat Oct 20 2018 06:04 pm

your signature has characters that cause display problems.
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Sure you're replying to the right person?


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On 10-22-18 09:01, Paul Quinn wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

your signature has characters that cause display problems.

This'll be good. Popcorn ready... don't hold back now.

Yeah I dunno what he's smoking. :D


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Re: FTP
By: Paul Quinn to Tony Langdon on Mon Oct 22 2018 09:01 am

q

Hi! Tony,

On 21 Oct 18 17:18, MRO wrote to you:

@TZUTC: -0500

your signature has characters that cause display problems.

This'll be good. Popcorn ready... don't hold back now.

Cheers,

what?
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Re: Re: FTP
By: Tony Langdon to MRO on Mon Oct 22 2018 10:00 am

On 10-21-18 17:18, MRO wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

@TZ: 412c
Re: Re: FTP
By: Tony Langdon to Minex on Sat Oct 20 2018 06:04 pm

your signature has characters that cause display problems.
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Sure you're replying to the right person?

http://i.imgur.com/32G4wiS.png
i think it was a tagline with control characters in them.

cleared the screen and some other stuff.
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Re: Re: FTP
By: Tony Langdon to Paul Quinn on Mon Oct 22 2018 01:55 pm

On 10-22-18 09:01, Paul Quinn wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

your signature has characters that cause display problems.

This'll be good. Popcorn ready... don't hold back now.

Yeah I dunno what he's smoking. :D

i dont do drugs. i was just telling you about an issue with your posting.
enjoy the popcorn, boys.
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Hi! Tony,

On 10/22/2018 01:55 PM, you wrote:

your signature has characters that cause display problems.

This'll be good. Popcorn ready... don't hold back now.

Yeah I dunno what he's smoking. :D

Same same. There was a reference to a QWK reply of yours with a random tagline
(text sequence) that might up-fuck a badly EPROM-ed 25 year-old VT-110 terminal. That's just my ill-informed thoughts.

Even Confucius once said 'shit happens' (though never quoted). ;)

Cheers,
Paul.

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On 10/22/2018 02:18 PM, you wrote:

On 21 Oct 18 17:18, MRO wrote to you:

@TZUTC: -0500
your signature has characters that cause display problems.

This'll be good. Popcorn ready... don't hold back now.

Cheers,

what?

Precisely.

Cheers,
Paul.

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On 10-21-18 23:19, MRO wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

http://i.imgur.com/32G4wiS.png
i think it was a tagline with control characters in them.

Interesting, no one's ever mentioned that before, and this isn't the first time this tagline has been used. Will have to investigate further. Now your report makes sense. :)


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On 10-21-18 23:20, MRO wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

i dont do drugs. i was just telling you about an issue with your
posting. enjoy the popcorn, boys.

Thanks, yeah the original message wasn't clear, but your followup response has clarified it. Thanks. :) I've been able to reproduce the issue. I'll see if I can fix the offending tagline.

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On 10-22-18 16:06, Paul Quinn wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

Same same. There was a reference to a QWK reply of yours with a random tagline (text sequence) that might up-fuck a badly EPROM-ed 25 year-old VT-110 terminal. That's just my ill-informed thoughts.

Actually it also causes a hiccup when viewed online in Synchronet/SyncTerm. I don't know what terminal MRO uses, but the avoce is the combination I was able to reproduce the issue in.


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On 10-21-18 23:19, MRO wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

i think it was a tagline with control characters in them.

Testing an edit...


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Hi! Tony,

On 10/22/2018 06:28 PM, you wrote:

Actually it also causes a hiccup when viewed online in Synchronet/SyncTerm. I don't know what terminal MRO uses, but the
avoce is the combination I was able to reproduce the issue in.

Oh.

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Bugger! There it goes again! Bloody troublesome tribbles. ;)

Cheers,
Paul.

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On 10-22-18 18:21, Paul Quinn wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

Bugger! There it goes again! Bloody troublesome tribbles. ;)

Yeah, tribbles got into the works again. :D


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Re: FTP
By: Paul Quinn to Tony Langdon on Mon Oct 22 2018 04:06 pm

Yeah I dunno what he's smoking. :D

Same same. There was a reference to a QWK reply of yours with a random tagline
(text sequence) that might up-fuck a badly EPROM-ed 25 year-old VT-110 terminal. That's just my ill-informed thoughts.

that's weird because i'm using a top of the line computer and not using a vt-100 terminal.

whats with the attitude?
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Hi!

On 22 Oct 18 19:41, you wrote to me:

Same same. There was a reference to a QWK reply of yours with a
random tagline (text sequence) that might up-fuck a badly EPROM-ed
25 year-old VT-110 terminal. That's just my ill-informed thoughts.

that's weird because i'm using a top of the line computer and not
using a vt-100 terminal.

Same same, here. Though it is three years old and the screen's a bit older (six years). I was seeing two things: a text string. Oh. Ahmm... I was seeing
the same text string with either of two terminal proggies: Linux console on desktop running GoldEd; or, an old (~2009) Dell netbook running a Linux flavour
of Thunderbird. No problem with either. I didn't see any point in trying my DOS or Windows stuff.

whats with the attitude?

T'ain't none really. Just my "ill-informed thoughts". I was seeing more potential strife with the weird characters on the faux origin line... no harm there IAC.

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Cheers,
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On 10-23-18 11:38, Paul Quinn wrote to MRO <=-

Same same, here. Though it is three years old and the screen's a bit older (six years). I was seeing two things: a text string. Oh.
Ahmm... I was seeing the same text string with either of two terminal proggies: Linux console on desktop running GoldEd; or, an old (~2009)
Dell netbook running a Linux flavour of Thunderbird. No problem with either. I didn't see any point in trying my DOS or Windows stuff.

I didn't have an issue reading it either. The issue crops up when reading the offending tagline online over an ANSI/text connection (i.e. logged in over telnet, rlogin, SSH or dialup). I was aboe to reproduce what MRO saw, using what is considered a "current" setup (SyncTerm on Windows). I'm sure it would have been reproducible on a Linux terminal emulator. I didn't initially pick up a problem, because I was reading my mail using Multimail. You'd get the same result with GoldEd or Thunderbird, because they're not online viewing.


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Hi! Tony,

On 10/24/2018 01:32 PM, you wrote:

I'm sure it would have been reproducible on a Linux terminal
emulator. I didn't initially pick up a problem, because I was
reading my mail using Multimail. You'd get the same result with
GoldEd or Thunderbird, because they're not online viewing.

I've seen your original post several times in a SSH session to my Xubuntu desktop, with GoldEd. In fact it's displaying once again in another desktop on
this notebook at present without any ill effect(s).

The clue is possibly that it isn't what you refer to as a 'ANSI/text' display.
What you're specifying is akin to what your mum told you about malicious vulnerabilities in using ANSI, all those years ago.

Cheers,
Paul.

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On 10-24-18 16:15, Paul Quinn wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

I've seen your original post several times in a SSH session to my
Xubuntu desktop, with GoldEd. In fact it's displaying once again in another desktop on this notebook at present without any ill effect(s).

But I'm sure the original escape codes in the tagline are being sent, it's not a normal BBS style terminal session. Apples and oranges.

The clue is possibly that it isn't what you refer to as a 'ANSI/text' display. What you're specifying is akin to what your mum told you about malicious vulnerabilities in using ANSI, all those years ago.

No ANSI bombs here, just a screen clearing embedded in the tagline, by the looks of it. Not harmful, but annoying, so I edited the escape code out of the tagline.


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Hi! Tony,

On 10/24/2018 06:26 PM, you wrote:

No ANSI bombs here, just a screen clearing embedded in the tagline,
by the looks of it. Not harmful, but annoying, so I edited the
escape code out of the tagline.

DoOd, now's your chance. You're only a wacky timezone away, not in a different
solar system. Your system has binkP as does mine (on two ports but don't tell anyone)... just send me a copy in a netmail and let me assess the damage. It'll be the highlight of my week. 8-)

Cheers,
Paul.

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On 10-24-18 18:54, Paul Quinn wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

DoOd, now's your chance. You're only a wacky timezone away, not in a different solar system. Your system has binkP as does mine (on two
ports but don't tell anyone)... just send me a copy in a netmail and
let me assess the damage. It'll be the highlight of my week. 8-)

Haha I don't need to do anything, all you need to do is log into any BBS carrying this echo and view the message online over a BBS terminal session (i.e. logged in as a user, not using GoldEd). :)


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Hi! Tony,

On 24 Oct 18 20:53, you wrote to me:

(i.e. logged in as a user, not using GoldEd). :)

Crikey! That is a disgusting thought. ;)

Cheers,
Paul.

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On 10-24-18 20:14, Paul Quinn wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

@TZ: 0258
Hi! Tony,

On 24 Oct 18 20:53, you wrote to me:

(i.e. logged in as a user, not using GoldEd). :)

Crikey! That is a disgusting thought. ;)

Haha, well you gotta get your hands dirty to test. :D


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Hi! Tony,

On 24 Oct 18 22:14, you wrote to me:

(i.e. logged in as a user, not using GoldEd). :)

Crikey! That is a disgusting thought. ;)

Haha, well you gotta get your hands dirty to test. :D

I found one... I found one, erm... an old syncTerm. Version 0.9.3b. :) It has two BBS entries: #1, my old BBS that got blown away in Big Bang #2 two months back; and, #2, an old listing for a West Australia BBS, now defunct also.

Could you please set me up and advise your BBS's contact details and ID/pass for me, to: eskimo261@bigfoot.com (redirector address only - I never send from it, so, set it as a spam/trash source after you use it).

Pretty please. ;)

Cheers,
Paul.

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On 10-24-18 21:55, Paul Quinn wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

I found one... I found one, erm... an old syncTerm. Version 0.9.3b.
:) It has two BBS entries: #1, my old BBS that got blown away in Big
Bang #2 two months back; and, #2, an old listing for a West Australia
BBS, now defunct also.

Haha that's a start. :)

Could you please set me up and advise your BBS's contact details and ID/pass for me, to: eskimo261@bigfoot.com (redirector address only - I never send from it, so, set it as a spam/trash source after you use
it).

Pretty please. ;)

It's all there in the origin line. :P Oh, you'll have to create an account too. Or you can try guest access, which might give you enough to read the message (definitely no posting ;) ). ;)


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