Hi, I was be able to connect my server via filezilla till today. I installed lamp and configured dns server after that I’m unable to access to my server via sftp. It say’s
Received unexpected end-of-file from SFTP server
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Fattur, I was able to solve my issue by logging into SSH and editing the sshd_config file:
sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Then scroll down until you see this line:
# Subsystem sftp /usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server
Leave that line commented out, but underneath it write this:
Subsystem sftp internal-sftp
Then power cycle your server and the problem should be fixed. I’m now using the latest version of Filezilla without any issues.
I had this and i commented out and wrote the line you gave but no fix. filezilla still cannot connect.
Subsystem sftp /usr/libexec/sftp-server
Subsystem sftp internal-sftp
Good call. Not sure why this works for FileZilla but it does. Also, you don’t need to power cycle your server, just service sshd restart works fine.
As a note: You may need to change/add the ForceCommand in the user/group match block to use internal-sftp as well:
Match User someuser
..... other stuff .....
ForceCommand internal-sftp
This did not work for me. Instead, it caused the server to reject any remote access. I had to access it through the console. Instead of this, one can temporarily change the permissions or ownership for whatever file/directory is needed.
System: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
I had the same issue. It got resolved after I logged into console and changed the password from the generated one @ reset email.
See if it helps.
Thanks harshagadiraju - ya just saved me a whole lotta messin’ around!
For the record folks, try this first before you do anything!
This helped me, all I had to do was log in and change the password, then sftp worked as expected.
Hi, my answer is this: The DigitalOcean for security reasons if you made a droplet just right now or reseted root password and you want to login to the VPS via FTP Connection you should before connecting to your SSH Console and log in and then change your password(In your SSH you will see Enter Unix Password and then Enter New Password so you will see...) .
Then with the new password you can log in via FTP...
Hope this helps, my problem has been solved since I did this.
Yes! You are right. Thank you so much
I changed default password of the root user, the fizilla worked well
Hi, vuongmao1987. I can not get it. Could you please explain a bit for me?
Check our filezilla settings if you got anything weird configurated in there like proxy, and check if you are using passive mode. You could also try to use WinSCP client to check if that works
Thank’s WinSCP connect’s to it. But Filezilla doesn’t and i checked the the settings and I couldn’t see anything weird.
I seem to be having the same issue. SFTP through Filezilla was working perfectly a couple days ago. Then I updated to a newer version and it is no longer able to connect. Been scouring the internet all evening looking for a solution, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
yeah I’ve done that update too. I think for now you should use WinSCP as ftp client
Same issue with filezilla and cyberduck.