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How to connect to my server using SFTP?

Posted March 30, 2016 12.4k views
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Hello friends,

I’m trying to connect to my server using SFTP as told in
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-configure-proftpd-to-use-sftp-instead-of-ftp

But I don’t understand how the ssh keys works. How can I get them from the server to use in FileZilla in my Mac?

I can connect to the server using ssh but not sftp. I get this

subsystem request failed on channel 0
Connection closed

And them I want to give access to another friend, to some folders.
How do I create a ssh key for him and give him access?

Thanks

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ryanpq March 31, 2016

I can clear up a couple things for you…

  • The way SSH keys work is that they exist as a private/public pair that together grant you access. The keypair is generated on your local computer and your public key is then added to the server in the file ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

  • The SSH client on droplets supports SFTP by default, ProFTPD is not generally required unless you have specific requirements.

  • The option to add your private key to FileZilla can be found in FileZilla Settings > Connection > SFTP > Public Key Authentication

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bleymon January 7, 2019

you need to access to console anda change your root password, after this you can access in to sftp with you username root and your new password, i recomend to use WinSCP

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bleymon January 8, 2019

you need to access to console anda change your root password, after this you can access in to sftp with you username root and your new password, i recomend to use WinSCP

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  • jakesharp January 22, 2019

    Changing root password didn’t do the trick. Trying to connect via FileZilla, CyberDuck and PHP storm with password over SFTP also using private key always returns the same message.

    What am I doing wrong?

    CAN login via terminal!

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    • chris888x March 9, 2020

      Did you work this out in the end? Any solutions?

      I can also SSH in using Root, but cannot SFTP using root.
      I have also (previously) changed my root pass.

      I just get ‘server connection has timed out’ (from MS Expression)

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