My server keeps refusing my FTP connection.

Posted on September 5, 2014

By joshdempsey2011

Hi,

I just (maybe like two hours ago now), purchased a $5/mo DO VPS. I selected Ubuntu with LEMP pre-installed on the image.

Now I changed my domain to point at the IP (and it works, I get the “welcome to Nginx” page if I go to the IP/Domain Name), but I’m having issues uploading files.

I open Filezilla, input the server IP, “root” as the username and my password. I select SFTP as the type of connection.

However, after a few seconds I get the following error message:

Error:	Authentication failed.
Error:	Critical error
Error:	Could not connect to server

Obviously this is really irritating as it basically means I can’t upload any sites. If anyone could help me out that’d be great.

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sumant

January 6, 2015

I’m having a similar issue - I went ahead & reset my password for the console, but it still gives me that error in filezilla. http://cl.ly/image/1T2Q2V0x3B0k

fblistapps

July 4, 2019

Hi, In digital ocean hosting,under project fbistapps and same droplet,I am not able to connect via sftp through filezilla.

Steps follows:- 1- I reset password and received password at mail. 2- From access console I changed password. 3- Trying to connecting via sftp and user name and password but don’t able to get connected.

Error Showing:- 1- Error: Disconnected: No supported authentication methods available (server sent: publickey) Error: Could not connect to server Status: Disconnected from server

What should I need to done to get rid of this issue.Any support will be appreciated.

Derik Olsson

September 6, 2014

Hey Josh,

That sounds frustrating indeed! I couldn’t reproduce your exact error message, but have a feeling your authentication is getting hung up because you’re using the default root password. For security purposes, you must change your password as soon as you log in to your droplet. FileZilla doesn’t provide that prompt, so you’ll have to log in through SSH.

I’m using the web console, but you can do this inside your favorite SSH client (like PuTTY for Windows, or Terminal for Mac):

Go to your DigitalOcean Dashboard
Select your droplet
Click the “Access” button
Click on the blue “Console Access” button
When prompted for hostname login: _, enter root
When prompted for Password: _, enter your password
Follow the prompts to change your password
Go to FileZilla, and you should be able to login through SFTP & your new password