From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jonas Meurer <jonas@freesources.org>
Subject: Re: how to set ports for ip_conntrack_ftp
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 16:29:08 +0200
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On 01/09/2006 Rob Sterenborg wrote:
> >>> the server is running linux kernel 2.4.27.
> >> 
> >> Hmm, I don't know about 2.4.x kernels but in 2.6.x you can always set
> >> parameters to integrated modules on the kernel comand line.
> >> 
> >> In your case it would be:
> >>  ip_conntrack_ftp.ports=21,31,41
> > 
> > how can i use this kernel command line?
> > do you mean sysctl?
> 
> No.
> You should edit your lilo.conf or grub.conf for this and look for the
> line that says where your kernel is (probably: /boot/...). Append
> "ip_conntrack_ftp.ports=21,31,41" to it.
> Then, reboot the server.

as it is a production server, reboot is very complicated.

there is absolutely no way to set the ports in a running system?

...
 jonas