VSFTPD: Getting error 425 Failed to establish connection, while listing directory contents in RHEL 7 ?
Issue
- FTP client getting error 425 Failed to establish connection, while listing directory contents in RHEL 7
- FTP server gets "connection refused" when establishing Active FTP to FTP client
- FTP client logs show:
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
425 Failed to establish connection.
/var/log/audit/audit.log
shows an SELinux permission denial:
type=AVC msg=audit(1404410045.618:1404): avc: denied { name_connect } for pid=30686 comm="vsftpd" dest=63853 scontext=system_u:system_r:ftpd_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:unreserved_port_t:s0 tclass=tcp_socket
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0
- vsftpd-3.0.2-9
selinux-policy-3.13.1-23.el7.noarch
selinux-policy-targeted-3.13.1-23.el7.noarch
- SELinux enabled in
Enforcing
mode
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