ftp issue

[L3l00]

What I am trying to do is ftp from Fedora 17 into a bunch of xp pros in the office, then use rsync to a specific file on every comp into a samba shared folder that is not accessible to the employees. Only me and my boss.

So far testing it on an xp pro, I went to firewall expections and add port. Named it ftp and port 21.

On Fedora 17 I opened up FTP on the firewall.

Through the Terminal I entered in:

ftp 192.168.0.7

Which is the Comps Static IP.

I get

ftp: connect: Connection refused

?

What am I doing wrong?

[jpollard]

Your description seems to be contradictory.

You are ftp INTO the windows boxes? If so, that requires an ftp server on each windows system.

Setting the firewall on the linux box does nothing in this case.

[DBelton]

I have never heard of using rsync with a ftp connection, and I really don't think it is possible.

usually rsync is used of a ssh (or rsh) connection or the rsync daemon can make it's own connection via TCP.

Also, if you use ftp, then you may need port 20 and 21 open in the firewall. ftp uses both ports.

[L3l00]

Thank you for the insight, I am testing it out. Since the XP comp I was practicing on now is in use by an employee.

So I am testing it on a Vista. When to the Windows features on or off and installed the FTP Server only.

Went to the firewall and opened ports 20 & 21. When I try to connect ftp through terminal:

ftp 192.168.0.4

it sits around for awhile then says that the system has timed out. Tried this with FileZilla and same response.

Currently trying to install the other FTP option "FTP Management Console" see if that helps....


It's basically I would like to get a specific file off every computer and run it through a nifty software on the server to extract the info. I would use Samba, but I wouldn't be able to access the proper folder (because it's not being shared). That and it wont let me connect to other shares just its own?