Cannot add files on the server

February 15, 2013 10.5k views
g.nesia
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g.nesia
Hi, i just delete my droplet and rebuilt a new one. I can connect to the server with FileZilla using SFTP and i have access to the folder /var/www and i can see the index.html and the info.php files. The problem is i cannot add any files in /var/www when i drag files Filezilla tell me "Impossible to start the transfert" ??? Strange cause i access the server. But i also see that when y try to access the FTP by the browser (ftp://myIP) i have an error 101 and if i try by Putty with FTP myIP it say connection refused. ??? So how it is possible that i can connect to the server but i cannot add files and cannot connet directly by browser or Putty ????????? Any help will be appreciate. Regards
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g.nesia February 15, 2013
OK, i just understand that i have to add a FTP server. I'm really newbie on this :)
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fs February 16, 2013
No you dont. SFTP works right out of the box.
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jtittle1 February 21, 2013
All you need is SFTP, Port 22 open (should be by default), and the root password (with root as the username) and you should be able to log-in without installing an FTP server.

Hostname = IP Address

Username = root

Password = root password

Protocol = SFTP


That should allow you in using any FTP program such as FileZilla.
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d4171561d8ad68770b35687ce1033def March 19, 2013
If the folder you're trying to upload the file in, is not owned by the user that you logged in with Filezilla (presumably root), then it won't work. Neither will live-editing a file not owned by root.
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rlueneberg April 18, 2013
Getting FTP to work is a pain!! I tried VSFTPd and ProFTPD and none worked according to Digital Ocean Tutorial. First of all they don't explain how to connect, which port, etc.
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fere_tzau June 18, 2013
I also have an issue here. I can access the sftp with root user. But if I add a test index.html in the www/html folder in browser it does not work. noobhere, any help is welcome. Thank you.
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kamaln7 MOD June 18, 2013
@fere_tzau You shouldn't connect to SFTP as root - it's a bad habit security-wise. Create a user (https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/initial-server-setup-with-ubuntu-12-04) and login via SFTP as that user.
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elvin September 1, 2013
Try this:

# sudo chown -R root:root /var/www

# sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www

# sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Then let us know how it goes
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