Hello, I have been using SuSE since 7.2 and I never face a probleme like this. I would like to apologize in advance if my question is stupid...and I have googled a bit before asking ! I have configured a simple ftp server using vsftpd, opened the port 21 (both tcp and udp) in Susefirewall and ... I can connect but not obtain the directory list, unless i disable the firewall. What is odd is that using the same configuration on a computer running SuSE 9.2, the ftp server works fine. If i connect to the computer using sftp (through ssh2), it is working. The problem seems to start after the connection to the server when it entered into the passive mode. This hapens with 2 different computer running opensuse (1 x86_64 and 1 i386). I don't understand the changes between SuSe 9.2 and opensuse in Susefirewall which impair the ftp transfer. Any help is appreciated Thank you. -- ___________________________________________________ Matthias Titeux, PhD Departement de génétique des maladies epithéliums INSERM U563 - CPTP Pavillon Lefebvre, 5ème étage CHU Purpan 31059 Toulouse cedex 03 __________________________________________________