Pure-Ftpd stops at Command MLSD and Connection timed out Error

You can get this error in Pure Ftpd and directory listing may not be successful.

Response: 227 Entering Passive Mode (50,28,68,231,134,40)
Command: MLSD
Error: Connection timed out
Error: Failed to retrieve directory listing

This can happen of csf block ports that might be used by pure ftp in passive mode.

The solution can be found in csf readme itself


For example, with pure-ftpd you could add the port range 30000:35000 to TCP_IN
and add the following line to /etc/pure-ftpd.conf and then restart pure-ftpd:
PassivePortRange 30000 35000

For example, with proftpd you could add the port range 30000:35000 to TCP_IN
and add the following line to /etc/proftpd.conf and then restart proftpd:
PassivePorts 30000 35000