I am running Ubuntu Desktop 9.10 as an ftp server (vsftpd) so I can grab my wireshark capture files via FTP.

When I connect and issue the mget captur* i get sent

200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.

550 Failed to open file.

Any ideas?

I am connecting into the network from an SSL VPN connection. It maybe an issue with PASV mode

pasv_promiscuous

Set to YES if you want to disable the PASV security check that ensures the data connection originates from the same IP address as the control connection. Only enable if you know what you are doing! The only legitimate use for this is in some form of secure tunnelling scheme, or perhaps to facilitate FXP support.

Default: NO

change settings ($ sudo vi /etc/vsftpd.conf) and restarted vsftp ($ sudo /etc/init.d/vsftpd restart) and no difference... still looking

Note I had to pull up reference on how to edit via vi editor

Connecting to the terminal of the Ubuntu box by setting up PuTTy on my Vista supplied machine

Once you click Add go up to the top and connect to your remote box using SSH and you will be prompted to log into the terminal window of the remote Ubuntu server/desktop.

Had to change the ownership of the directory the capture files were being held

performed the following

first run

ls -l (shows the permissions and ownerships)

Once you see the directory you want to change ownership (i.e. captures) run

$ sudo chown -R youruser /home/hosangit/captures