Failed to connect to FTP Server myserver.com:21

  • Kenneth

    (@canitb)


    15 years ago

    Hello, I have several websites running a while now on godaddy dedicated server. I have upgraded to version 3.1.1 for two of them a few weeks ago, using the upgrading ftp via the admin web login. Working fine.. But now It´s suddenly not working, on any of my sited, even some not being upgraded to 3.1.1.

    I get the error:
    Failed to connect to FTP Server myserver.com:21

    But I manage to logon to my ftp server via a client fine, so I know my cridentials is working, just not through the web upgrade tool..

    Any comment would be highly appreachitive 🙂

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  • nabramovitz

    (@nabramovitz)

    15 years ago

    I am also getting this error with a clean install of 3.1.1 as well. I have vsftpd running on my CentOS 5.3 box as my ftp server.

    Thread Starter Kenneth

    (@canitb)

    15 years ago

    As I said, I don´t think this is 3.1.1 related as I have another one running on the version before. But I suddenly have this as a problem, when it was working a few weeks ago… And the only thing I did for two of the sites was upgrade… any ideas?

    nabramovitz

    (@nabramovitz)

    15 years ago

    I got mine to finally work. This sounds strange though. First my login credentials always worked for ftp before installing wordpress. That is how I got wordpress uploaded in the first place. Vsftp has two access control files, ftpuser and user_list. ftpusers defines users that cannot login. The user_list file can be either usernames to deny or allow. The user_list was set for deny and my username was in that file. My username was not in the /etc/ftpusers file. I removed my username from the user_list and things started working.

    For whatever reason, I keep getting prompted for the login credentials for each plugin upload though. I suspect a permission problem, but have not traced down this issue yet. Trying to figure out why permalinks are generating 404 errors.

    Thread Starter Kenneth

    (@canitb)

    15 years ago

    Good that you got things working! 🙂

    So if I understand you:
    ftpuser and user_list, is this tables within wordpress?
    or is that files somwhere in the wordpress installation?

    Thread Starter Kenneth

    (@canitb)

    15 years ago

    It sounds like the ftpuser and user_list is on the setup of the server. I have a host provider, without root privliges. And I´m guessing your normal ftp was not working before you got things working here?

    My normal ftp is working with filezilla, but not through the plugin upgrade.. Is there anyone that can point me in the right direction please? If this is well documented anywhere I would loove to get some tips. I have googled my ass of without any luck.. :-/

    nabramovitz

    (@nabramovitz)

    15 years ago

    ftpusers and user_list belongs to vsftpd. My filezilla worked just fine before installing wordpress as well. It is some form of an OS or WordPress configuration issue. I would ask your hosting site for some help since you do not have root access. I am assuming your hosting site has WordPress running somewhere.

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