Sometimes we get a error Message when using the FTP clients: 421 Sorry, cleartext sessions are not accepted on this server. Problem: This error mean that the FTP provider has secured the access with Transport Layer Security (TLS) or its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Solution: Change the protocol of the host to “ftpes://” The Full Article…
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Unable to connect to FTP for all the users in the server
In some cases, the server will not allow FTP over the server, the issue might be due to the enforcement set in the server. Login to the server as root, for this you may need the SSH access to the server. Run the command getenforce in shell. If the output is enforcing,we may need Full Article…
500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/home/$user
In some cases you may get an error as 500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/home/$user when you try to connect to FTP, the error is coming up why because ‘selinux‘ is enabled in the server. If you are getting the error as 500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/home/user error on server setup with vsftp. @server1:~# ftp Full Article…
Change FTP port in pure-ftpd
Usually we have the FTP port set as 21 in most of the servers, if we need to change the FTP port from 21 to another, the changes should be done in /etc/pure-ftpd.conf file. Entry in which the changes should be done is; # IP address/port to listen to (default=all IP and port 21). Full Article…
Enabling PassivePortRange in pure-ftp
If you run a firewall on your Linux server and want to use passive FTP connections, you have to define the passive port range in pure-ftpd and your firewall to ensure that the connections don’t get blocked. ♦ vi /etc/pure-ftpd.conf search for passive port range in pure-ftpd.conf file and add the range. PassivePortRange 30000 Full Article…
Mysql Queries to retrieve FTP password in Linux Plesk server
Steps to find FTP accounts password: ♦ Login to the server via SSH. ♦ Login to Mysql prompt using the command the given below. mysql -u admin -p`cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow` ~~~~ -bash-3.2# mysql -u admin -p`cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow` Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or g. Your MySQL connection id is 2338614 Server version: 5.0.77 Full Article…
Understanding the FTP Log
The FTP log contains a record of all FTP connections but excludes any connections made via SFTP/SSH. The log itself is a plain text file which can be read with any plain text reader. The FTP log entries A sample entry from an FTP log is: ♦ Tue Jul 17 12:59:37 2012 Full Article…
How to increase the “number of files returned” ftp limit in cpanel using pure-ftp
In order to increase the “number of files returned” ftp limit in cpanel using pure-ftp, please follow up the below. Open the pure ftp configuration file vi /etc/pure-ftpd.conf find the line “LimitRecursion” eg LimitRecursion 3000 9 The first argument is the maximum number of files to be displayed. The second one is the max Full Article…
Cannot connect from ftpes in a cpanel/WHM server.
To enabe TLS transation using ftp you need to enable the TLS encrypytion support in the server. To enable this you need to login to WHM and navigate to FTP server configuration in service configuration and enable TLS encryption support. WHM >> Service Configuration >> FTP server Configuration >> TLS encryption support
Login via FTP fails with “530 Login incorrect” error in Plesk control panel.
Login via FTP fails with “530 Login incorrect” error Symptoms I am trying to access the Parallels Plesk Panel (PP) server via FTP using the domain of the FTP user or webuser, but I get the following error: 530 Login incorrect. Login failed. 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection Cause: This issue Full Article…