Can't login to wordpress user on Ubuntu

November 27, 2013 2.7k views
joshbruno
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joshbruno
Hello, I have the boilerplate Ubuntu/Wordpress droplet configuration. I can't seem to login to the wordpress user through SSH or the Console access. Other accounts I have created allow me to login just fine. Ultimately, I'm just trying to create an FTP account that only has read/write access to the /home/wordpress directory so that I can give access to my web designer. Thanks for the help! Josh
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kamaln7 MOD November 27, 2013
What's the output of 
ssh -vvv wordpress@IP
? Make sure you run that command locally and not on the droplet.
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pablo November 27, 2013
"Ultimately, I'm just trying to create an FTP account..."

No need to use FTP, when SFTP is much more secure and easier to use (compared to two of the more popular FTP servers: vsFTPd & proFTP). See How To Use Filezilla to Transfer and Manage Files Securely on your VPS.
How To Use Filezilla to Transfer and Manage Files Securely on your VPS
by Pablo Carranza
This article will teach you how to use Filezilla to transfer and manage files securely on your VPS.
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