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Posted by elvis1, 11-27-2010, 10:52 PM
Hi guys I am using centos 5 and when I try to make this to allow port 7777 to be open to access kloxo I get: I am using a xen based yardvps which comes naked as sh.. i tried with this: Here what I did to fix the problem: but does not do the job any ideas thx
Posted by fabin, 11-27-2010, 11:06 PM
You might have fixed this error. What is the result of "iptables -nL" now? And, there is no chance that 7777 is blocked ( in order to allow it ) as cento's iptables by default will ACCEPT all connections except ICMP.
Posted by elvis1, 11-28-2010, 12:43 AM
thx mate . I will check tomorrow and let you know . My cell phone does not have putty and im in bed now. Another thing that happened after installing kloxo is that i installed vsftp and it fails to start . I did a grep ftp and there was a pure ftp there ( i will be more precise tomorrow). Could the pureftp be the one causing the failure to start of the vsftp ? Ive tried this in two boxes ( installing kloxo first and then vsftp and same errors showed up ) . I will paste what the tail command prompts out . Thanks in advance
Posted by fabin, 11-28-2010, 01:20 AM
pure-ftp is already installed and running, so vsftp is not going to listen in FTP port. You do not require vsftp as pure-ftpd is already installed and running.
Posted by elvis1, 11-28-2010, 10:58 PM
ps -A | grep ftp Last edited by elvis1; 11-28-2010 at 11:04 PM.
Posted by fabin, 11-28-2010, 11:56 PM
I guess, the kernel doesn't have netfilter module enabled. You might be running a custom compiled kernel?
Posted by elvis1, 11-28-2010, 11:58 PM
might be the case. the provider is yardvps. What should I do in this case? Should I contact the provider?
Posted by fabin, 11-29-2010, 12:00 AM
It might be better to contact them and get it checked.
Posted by elvis1, 11-29-2010, 12:02 AM
thx mate! will contact them ASAP

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