By default lftp and ftp use Passive Mode. I had to FTP a file from a server to remote server. Due to firewall settings, i was not able to upload file as FTP session get stuck on
flashwebhost@pc5:~ $ ftp ftp> open windowware.hostonnet.com Connected to hostonnet.com. 220---------- Welcome to Pure-FTPd [privsep] [TLS] ---------- 220-You are user number 1 of 50 allowed. 220-Local time is now 12:20. Server port: 21. 220-This is a private system - No anonymous login 220-IPv6 connections are also welcome on this server. 220 You will be disconnected after 15 minutes of inactivity. Name (windowware.hostonnet.com:flashwebhost): windowcoveringde 331 User windowcoveringde OK. Password required Password: 230 OK. Current restricted directory is / Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> ls 200 PORT command successful 150 Connecting to port 35694
This is because remote server have not opened ports required for Passive FTP.
To solve, you can open port on remote server or white list IP on remote server. Another solution is to use Active Mode FTP.
To enable active mode FTP in lftp, run
set ftp:passive-mode off
Here is an example
root@server2 [/home]# lftp -u windowcoveringde server10.hostonnet.com Password: lftp [email protected]:~> set ftp:passive-mode off lftp [email protected]:~> dir drwx--x--x 17 windowcove windowcove 4096 Nov 12 14:09 . drwx--x--x 17 windowcove windowcove 4096 Nov 12 14:09 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 windowcove windowcove 18 Jul 27 23:45 .bash_logout -rw-r--r-- 1 windowcove windowcove 176 Jul 27 23:45 .bash_profile -rw-r--r-- 1 windowcove windowcove 124 Jul 27 23:45 .bashrc drwxr-x--- 2 windowcove 99 4096 Nov 3 19:10 .htpasswds -rw------- 1 windowcove windowcove 631 Dec 19 10:37 .lastlogin -rw-r----- 1 windowcove windowcove 1 Sep 20 04:09 cpbackup-exclude.conf drwxr-x--- 2 windowcove 12 4096 Sep 22 14:51 etc drwx------ 2 windowcove windowcove 4096 Jan 4 14:14 logs drwxr-x--x 8 windowcove windowcove 4096 Nov 11 23:46 mail drwxr-xr-x 2 windowcove windowcove 4096 Sep 15 13:10 melbin drwxr-x--- 3 windowcove windowcove 4096 Nov 3 19:10 public_ftp drwxr-x--- 18 windowcove 99 4096 Jan 4 12:14 public_html drwxr-xr-x 5 windowcove windowcove 4096 Oct 14 01:21 ssl drwxr-xr-x 7 windowcove windowcove 4096 Dec 7 16:07 tmp lrwxrwxrwx 1 windowcove windowcove 11 Nov 3 19:10 www -> public_html lftp [email protected]:/> mkdir backup-new mkdir ok, `backup-new' created lftp [email protected]:/> cd backup-new cd ok, cwd=/backup-new lftp [email protected]:/backup-new> put cpmove-windowwa.tar.gz `cpmove-windowwa.tar.gz' at 117438632 (1%) 10.10M/s eta:9m [Sending data]
