Vat of Knowledge

I’ve been a long time fan of BulletProof FTP server.  I recently ran into some issues with my passive mode configuration, and wanted to share what I had to do in order to get it working both on the internal network, as well as the external.

I left the default port, 21, open on my firewall to my FTP server.  Probably not a recommended practice, as you see all kinds of IP scans, and people trying to get into your FTP server.  Probably best to choose a different port to host your home FTP server with, but 21 makes it easier in a business environment, since it’s the default port.  I personally have a static IP address, so under the general settings/passive mode in BPFTP settings, I chose static.  If you have dynamic, just use dynamic and type in your dyndns.com name you’ve got set up (I hope).  When using passive mode, you also need to define a range of ports to listen on.  Set this range with the maximum number of connections you anticipate.  I chose range 50000 – 50100.  I opened this range on my firewall, but from the outside world, I still had trouble getting a list of the directories.  I had no problem logging in, I just couldn’t get a listing, getting error:

(000001) 12/21/2009 4:27:27 AM – ew (24.251.156.85) > LIST -aL
(000001) 12/21/2009 4:27:33 AM – ew (24.251.156.85) > 426 Cannot retrieve. Failed. Aborting

With port 21 already open, and port range 50000 – 50100 open to my FTP server, I had to do one final thing.  Open port 20.  It’s a control port, so whatever port you choose for FTP, also open one port down on your firewall, and you’re in business.

I’ve been working with WSS 3.0 a lot lately, so I wanted to post some of the things I’ve come across so I can get back to them easy.

Renaming the Sharepoint Server

1. Change alternate access mappings in Central Administration
   1. Central Administration > Operations > Alternate access Mappings

   2. Edit each mapping so that it reflects your new server name
      1. Ensure port numbers are the same

2. Use stsadm renameserver operation

   1. stsadm -o renameserver -newservername <newname> -oldservername <oldname> 

3. Rename Server
   1. My Computer > Properties > Computer Name (tab) > Change (button)
   2. Type in new name of server
   3. Reboot server

So, after the fiasco with AT&T, we switched to Verizon and got the Moto Droid. Finally moved away from the Blackberry after a good number of years, and gotta say I’m lovin Android. Phone rooted, currently using Ultimate Droid 9.0 with Chev’s low voltage 1.25 Ghz kernel. Running Android 2.1 on this build, and very stable so far. I tried out the Cyanogen 5.0.5.3 and 5.0.5.4. The only problem I saw was in answering phone calls. I swipe to answer, and nothing. This has turned up on UD 9.0 as well, so it looks like a more universal problem. I may try restoring to factory, which could help with issues like this. It has actually been posted as a bug on the Cyanogen site. Some sites of interest:

www.androidspin.com
www.androidforums.com
www.xda-developers.com

More sites coming, have more links over on the desktop.