FTP on debian

[Nefarious]

I setup an FTP server on a debian box some time ago and everything was working fine until a recent aptitude dist-upgrade. Now it's not working :'(

When rebooted, the daemon (VSFTPD) wont allow any logon till I modprobe capability - thereafter it will only allow connections from the local side but NOT from the internet (port forwarding has been setup on the router).

I have checked sysctl.conf and it allows forwarding but beyond that I'm at a loss - any ideas?

 

[russ0r]

Have you checked vsftpd.conf?
Can't see anything on the man page (http://vsftpd.beasts.org/vsftpd_conf.html) that would cause it to refuse WAN connections but it's worth having a look. Check it's listening on the right interfaces etc.
Only other thing I can suggest is maybe your ISP has suddenly started blocking inbound FTP traffic on the standard port. Some ISPs do this to stop you hosting warez servers.

If you're still stuck post your vsftpd.conf up here and let us have a look