Under “General settings” you’ll see “Listen on these ports.” It should currently be on 21, but we recommend changing it to a random five digit number (nothing over 65535).Īlong with secure passwords, that should be about all the security your FTP server will need. To avoid being detected by the thousands of hackers constantly scanning for people like you with an FTP server, we can change the port that FileZilla listens on. Hackers will constantly scan the internet for hosts listening on port 21, the default FTP port. Securing Your FTP ServerĪlong with configuring the user(s) with a strong password, there are a few settings within FileZilla that you can configure to further secure your new FTP server. To give the user further permissions, such as the ability to copy files to this repository, check the boxes beneath ‘Files’ and ‘Directories.’Ĭlick OK once you’re done setting the user permissions. By default, the user we’ve created is able to read files, list directories, and list subdirectories. Now we need to assign the user permissions for this repository. Once you’ve done that, a window like the one below will pop up, use it to select the directory you would like to share as an FTP repository.Ĭlick OK. Check for spelling mistakes or try using the server’s IP address.Click OK once you’re done entering the account name, and then click on “Add” underneath the “Shared folders” section. The “Host” you are using is not correct, or your domain may not be pointed to our DNS. If you see this error, this means that the issue is related to Name resolution error. Connection attempt failed with “EAI_NONAMEįull error: Connection attempt failed with “EAI_NONAME – Neither nodename nor servname provided, or not known”. There could be a Firewalls or Antivirus problem, which might be blocking the transfer, try disabling them and test the connection again.īy default, FileZilla is defined to close the transfer of files if the file transfer takes more than a fixed amount of time, so if the disabling the Firewall doesn’t fix the problem you should try disabling the timeout settings.To disable the timeout select Edit -> Settings -> Connections -> Change Timeout to a higher value. Response: Connection timed out (Failed to retrieve directory listing) Error: Connection timed out after 10 seconds of inactivityĮrror: Failed to retrieve directory listing If they are all correct, you’ll need to check for Firewalls or Antivirus installed on your computer, try disabling them and test the connection again. If you see this error you’ll first need to make sure that you’re using the correct login information. Password required Error: Connetion timed out This error can be caused by an incorrect port setting, please make sure you are using the correct port 21. Response: 500 unrecognized command Response: 500 unrecognized command
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Enter host address, user name, and password and click “Connect”.You need to change the Encryption to “Only use plain FTP (insecure)” and Logon type to Normal.LogonType : Normal Filezilla timeout after 20 seconds of inactivity If you see this message, please check and make sure that FileZilla is set to use the following details:Įncryption: Require FTP over explicit TLS/SSL Response: 421 Sorry, cleartext sessions are not accepted on this server Response: 421 Sorry, cleartext sessions are not accepted on this server. This happens by pointing your domain name’s DNS A record to your hosting account’s IP address. Your domain name must point to your hosting account. If you don’t remember your login details, please follow the steps in this tutorial to reset it. If you see this error message when trying to connect it means that you entered an incorrect username/password or host. Response: 530 Login authentication failed Response: 530 Login authentication failed If you have problems connecting to your FTP account using FileZilla, check out the information below to help you solve the problem.