Out of Control®

When you make a connection to your server, does it take forever? If so then you might be experiencing ProFTPd's attempt at doing a reverse DNS lookup.

To remedy this problem, we are going to add a few lines to the proftpd configuration file for the Ensim webppliance.

Using your favourite text editor--I use PICO here as most beginner level people use it--to modify the following file:

/etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf.wp

If the file was empty then simply add the following lines:

UseReverseDNS off
<Global>
IdentLookups off
</Global>

Then save the file with CTRL-x and then Y.

Now restart proFTPd:

/etc/init.d/proftpd restart

Then try to log into your server again. A connection should be made almost instantly.

Note: You might need to wait a few minutes to connect again, or kill any ftp connections on the server, if you still experience a slow connection time.