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FTP Not Working

Posted on August 18, 2016

I tried to install proFTP using this tutorial and when I try to FTP in using filezilla I get the following errors: Response: 530 Login incorrect. Error: Critical error: Could not connect to server

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That tutorial is for Ubuntu 12.04 If you are using another version of Ubuntu it is likely that this tutorial will not work for you. Every droplet has a pre-enabled SFTP service by default that is much more secure.

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