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FileFileZilla Server 1.0.0-rc4 - multiple problems

#1 Post by FTPFTW » 2021-07-22 18:24

I was happy to see that the Server got further development. For nearly two years now certain clients could no longer connect due to some issue with TLS resumption and a Windows Update.
With the new Server and GNUTLS this was supposed to be fixed, so I was eager to try it out, especially as it's labeled RC4.

However I never made it so far as to try that out:

-On the first try, the Server installed and the service was functional. It even imported most of my old settings. When I tried to adjust my passive ports though, it always replied "invalid value" or something. Even when I used the little arrow to adjust the ports only by 1 from the preset values. I did not capture that error explicitly as my pan was to do a clean reinstall and make it work.

-I was never to face the "invalid value"-passive port error again though, because every since I did a clean reinstall the service won't start anymore, and the gui won't connect anymore. If I try to start the service manually, it recommends looking up the error in the event viewer and to contact the developer:
The event viewer does not seem to appear to be all that helpful:

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- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
  <Provider Name="Service Control Manager" Guid="{555908d1-a6d7-4695-8e1e-26931d2012f4}" EventSourceName="Service Control Manager" /> 
  <EventID Qualifiers="49152">7024</EventID> 
  <Version>0</Version> 
  <Level>2</Level> 
  <Task>0</Task> 
  <Opcode>0</Opcode> 
  <Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords> 
  <TimeCreated SystemTime="2021-07-22T18:03:51.0599636Z" /> 
  <EventRecordID>109816</EventRecordID> 
  <Correlation /> 
  <Execution ProcessID="1020" ThreadID="4440" /> 
  <Channel>System</Channel> 
  <Computer>Desktop</Computer> 
  <Security /> 
  </System>
- <EventData>
  <Data Name="param1">filezilla-server</Data> 
  <Data Name="param2">%%1</Data> 
  <Binary>660069006C0065007A0069006C006C0061002D007300650072007600650072000000</Binary> 
  </EventData>
  </Event>
  
Any hints?

In a next step I'll try it on a different machine.
After reinstalling (I tried it several times now), also tried deleting the Program Folders (but x64 and x86) and the folder in AppData\Local.
Are there any other traces that the uninstaller might miss, but that once messed up keep the Server from working?

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Re: FileFileZilla Server 1.0.0-rc4 - multiple problems

#2 Post by boco » 2021-07-22 20:20

If you started the new server as a Service, the "%LOCALAPPDATA%\filezilla-server" directory is NOT used. The Service install uses "\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\filezilla-server".
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Re: FileFileZilla Server 1.0.0-rc4 - multiple problems

#3 Post by FTPFTW » 2021-07-22 20:31

And I knew that about Windows Services. But it just didn't connect.
I'll check that folder too and try again.

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Re: FileFileZilla Server 1.0.0-rc4 - multiple problems

#4 Post by oibaf » 2021-07-22 21:13

FTPFTW wrote:
2021-07-22 18:24
When I tried to adjust my passive ports though, it always replied "invalid value" or something.
Which values did you input?

Currently, there's an hard limit to the minimum and maximum values for the passive ports, which are set to 49152 for the minimum port and to 65534 for the maximum port, which is the IANA-registered ephemeral port range.

My guess is that you tried to set a value outside of that range?

Thanks to your report I could see that the UI doesn't give a feedback informative enough when that happens. It's been noted as a bug and a future release will have it fixed. Thanks.
FTPFTW wrote:
2021-07-22 18:24
every since I did a clean reinstall the service won't start anymore, and the gui won't connect anymore.
[...]
Any hints?
Can you see if there's any logs in the installation folder? They should go under the Logs subfolder. If there's any, can you please attach them to your response? Feel free to clean them up from any data you might deem sensitive.

Thanks.

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Re: FileFileZilla Server 1.0.0-rc4 - multiple problems

#5 Post by botg » 2021-07-22 21:21

Ephemeral ports are for the situations where the administrator hasn't specified which ports to use. This restriction in the server will be removed in a future version.

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Re: FileFileZilla Server 1.0.0-rc4 - multiple problems

#6 Post by boco » 2021-07-22 23:06

Just keep the restriction for the first 1024 ports.
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