ip troubles with proftpd

[fablang]

hi,

i have installed ProFTPD 1.3.0rc2 on FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE, for a LAN. Basically, it works...but if i try a little ip control, say :

<Limit LOGIN>
Allow 127.0.0.1 # this address is setup in /etc/hosts : 127.0.0.1 localhost
Deny All
</Limit>

then, i type the following line in the shell :
root@spoutnik# ftp localhost

and the answer is :
Connected to 127.0.0.1
421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection
ftp> exit

IT DOESN'T WORK !!!

to overcome that problem, i change one line in the profttpd.conf :

<Limit LOGIN>
Allow localhost # instead of "Allow 127.0.0.1" as bellow
Deny All
</Limit>

then, i type the following line :
root@spoutnik# ftp localhost

and the answer is :
Trying ::1...
Connected to localhost.
220 Server FTP ready
Name (localhost:root) : toto
331 Password required for toto.
Password:
230 Welcome to spoutnik
Remote system type is UNIX
ftp>

so, in this this case, IT WORKS

the question is :

why should i type a hostname instead of an ip address in the proftpd.conf to get a good ip login control ????

thanks a lot

Best regards

[Muzo]

Hello,

Excuse me, this is a french language forum.
But i think the explanation is in proftp documentation.
http://www.proftpd.org/docs/directives/ ... Limit.html

Regards,

/Muzo